Pentagon move against war hero Kelly shows Trump’s quest for vengeance is endless

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“This is crossing the Rubicon,” Rieckhoff told CNN’s John Berman on “Anderson Cooper 360.” “The idea you can drive (Kelly) back onto active duty and threaten a court martial … is breaking glass that has never been broken before in the modern military.”

The politics of the showdown may also backfire on the president. After all, a commander in chief who never served in the military is now using his power in pursuit of a hero who flew combat jets off a US carrier over Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War and who showed the right stuff by blasting into space on shuttle missions.

The lawmakers in the video did not directly encourage US military personnel to ignore the orders of their commanders. This argument would only work if the commanders issued an unlawful order. The video pointed out that military members can or must refuse illegal orders or those that violate the Constitution.