It occurs to me that our military leaders would be well within their rights to refuse an order to start a war with Syria. Their oath is to protect and defend the rule of law as embodied in the Constitution. The geniuses who wrote our Constitution CLEARLY, beyond any hint of ambiguity, as a matter of principle, and as a result of having studied history, placed the responsibility for declaring war in the hands of Congress. They KNEW that with that power vested in the hands of a small cabal the temptation to make war for personal or political gain would be too great to avoid unnecessary and costly conflicts which did not benefit the American people.
PARTICULARLY since we risk war with Russia–which almost certainly views Obama as a pussy, and which has already begun the process of preparing for conflict–this requirement makes a mountain of sense.
I have been disappointed at the seeming lack of courage and principle among our top military leaders on a number of topics and occasions, but perhaps this is one case where they grow some balls, and stop allowing the Executive to trample on the Constitution. Our military has never refused orders before, but it has also never been commanded by someone who fundamentally did not like America, value our accomplishments, or give a rat’s ass about the sacrifices he is asking of our men and women in uniform.