It's not a 'simple' issue to resolve - never has been, which is why our system of government was created and adopted by its founding membership.
One of my favorite books (I have my Grandmother's 1st ed as it was one of her favorites, too):
http://www.wig-wags.com/2009/07/11/b...-his-generals/
Everybody is pretty much aware of Truman and MacArthur, but Ike had his issues, too.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/...-own-military/
As for resigning in protest - I don't see any congresscritters resigning over any of this. 
And so it goes...
Richard
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“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” - To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)
“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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