A surprising number and variety of Americans want the military to save us from the politicians they have elected to high office. Specifically, they want the military to refuse to obey orders if deemed illegal. Six Democratic members of Congress with national security backgrounds appeared in a video posted in November exhorting the military to refuse to obey unlawful orders. Even Pete Hegseth caviled that the military must refuse to obey orders—but of course, that was before he was the secretary