Their behavior is clearly seditious, and rightly addressed by military tribunals. Once this is established, the runway is cleared for using military tribunals for other acts of sedition and treason.
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If repeating an oath is “injecting chaos,” then the chaos was already there.
Service members don’t get their understanding of lawful vs. unlawful orders from a 90-second clip — they get it from boot camp, annual UCMJ briefs, pre-deployment briefs, command JAGs, field manuals, and the Constitution itself. Nothing in that video adds anything new, and nothing contradicts what every service member is already required to know.
If a reminder of existing law is a “huge no go,” then the problem isn’t the reminder — it’s the reaction to it.
If the foundation is solid, repeating the foundation doesn’t shake anything. If repeating the foundation does cause panic, that tells you exactly where the instability is.