How was it in the lower ranks when you served? Inquiring minds want to know.
You did of course receive instruction concerning an illegal order, ne c'est pas. Immoral order also. If so which is likely you seem to have dismissed it long ago if you did in fact take to the instruction of the time, place, circumstance. Fortunately Gen. Hyten and SecDef Mattis know of what the general speaks. In fact the two of 'em speak weekly as Gen. Hyten points out.
Gen. Thomas gave a Veteran's Day address at his duty station last year, McDill AFB. I could research it for some quotes that are surely precious but that would be a lot of effort indeed. All the same, the moment Gen. Thomas said, "Good Morning" he said two words more than Trump said on this Veteran's Day -- the whole of it. No one cares what Trump says on any day but as CinC and Potus Trump has a solemn and stately obligation to appear at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, to include at Veterans' cemeteries in Europe where Trump went to ostensibly honor all Americans who wore the uniform. I refer to the uniforms of the United States branches of the armed forces of course, i.e., those who never saluted a NK general nor would they ever conceive of any such garbage.
Meantime I welcome your pronouncements, lectures, scoldings, accusations, complaints, whining, whinging and so on because that and more are blue smoke and mirrors apologia for Trump, always and persistently. It's nothing anyone here can't handle thx anyway.