An Insult to Our Chain of Command': Retired General Rips Democrats' Illegal Orders Video on CNN

"Good for the senator to say what he said, but let me take a step back and indicate that what he and his colleagues did was inappropriate. They didn't have to remind service members that they have an obligation to support the Constitution and realizing, of course, that officers and enlisted personnel take two different oaths. And the enlisted personal, this is a message that those Congress members and members of the intelligence, former intelligence community sent to the service members."

"And it was to those enlisted folks, which is: you can disobey your bosses, you can do that. Well, the point of-, the fact of the matter is when Senator Kelly and his colleagues made the comment, the message to me was we, this collection of folks, we don't trust the military, the uniformed leadership. And we think that they've been taken over by the administration."

"I would completely disagree with that underlying assessment which brought them to make these statements. That's my view of all this. God bless Senator Kelly, and what he's accomplished in his life, and where he has been. Totally agree with everything he just said. However, he could have taken a step back and said, why am I sending this message, which clearly is an insult to our chain of command, those in uniform, folks that I"

President Donald Trump accused Senator Mark Kelly and other Democrats of seditious behavior, and the Department of Defense opened an investigation into Kelly, a retired Navy captain. Kelly defended his remarks on MS NOW. Retired Army Major General James Marks praised Kelly's service but criticized a video in which lawmakers urged service members to refuse illegal orders. Marks said the lawmakers' message improperly targeted enlisted personnel, implied distrust of uniformed leadership, and insulted the chain of command. Marks noted the distinction between officers' and enlisted oaths and said Congress members and former intelligence officials did not need to remind service members of their constitutional obligations.

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