Rastus, I don't mind the rewrites

I agree with you that it is wrong to ASSUME dishonorable intentions on the part of an "Officer and Gentleman". On one hand he is correct that orders from a usurper are illegal and any one in the chain of Command with doubts about them has a legal responsibility to question any orders they reasonably believe to be illegal. Nuremberg hung a lot of Germans making that point and it is spelled out in the UCMJ.
That being said, FQ is correct, BO did not start the policy of deploying troops to Afghanistan. Bush, to the cheers of the entire Nation began this policy, the Majors orders were issued based on a preexisting policy of the DOD so the legitimacy of BO's position at the top of the chain of command has no bearing on his deployment.
As to motives, as a Major he has probably deployed before, probably more than once, so I would lean more toward misguided. Since his questions about BO's authority are otherwise valid I would have to point out that he followed the dictates of the UCMJ by seeking clarification from higher authority. The proof of the pudding will depend on his future conduct.
FQ, I hope you realize that this is a different matter than those asses who said "I only joined for the free college". My answer to them was, "Well now it's time to pay your f#@king tuition".
I had a friend who was a Marine Sgt. at the time, one of his Marines refused to go out on patrol. The Sgt drew his pistol, put one round between the Pvt's feet, put the pistol to his head and explained that the Iraqis MIGHT kill him out there, but the Sgt. would definitely kill him if he didn't get his gutless f%^&ing ass out there. Problem solved.
