It basically is a very dangerous world out there, so we can pick the lesser of two evils, whichever it is..and different circumstances could make us really wish we had picked the other choice.

We can either either a too rambunctious military that trumps the civilians, in which case we could have a coup. Or we could have numbnut civilian oversight with a too complacent military, in which case sooner or later we will have a slaughter, or our allies will.

Good luck in guessing right.

And for the sake of good grammar, how about instead of.....

When a soldier is issued orders from up the chain of command, it's his duty to salute and say, "Yes, sir!" and then go execute the orders.   It is NOT his job or privilege to try to go "over the head" of his commander, in effect, to the public. That's almost the definition of "contrary to good order and discipline".

how about we put in his or her duty to say yes sir or yes ma'am as the case requires. mg