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A major crisis unfolded within the American military establishment today when over thirty high ranking generals formally refused direct presidential orders to initiate a ground invasion of IranThis unprecedented defiance from top military commanders triggered an immediate and aggressive response from the executive branch resulting in a sweeping purge of leadership at the PentagonTwelve of the dissenting generals have already been formally dismissed from their posts including the historic and abrupt removal of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff