Yes!
But, there was a day when an oath meant something! And a pension was subordinated to the oath!
One “General” that comes to mind, and who’s story is an inverse analogy, was Robert E. Lee. When the Civil War started, he discovered he was in the wrong Army and the wrong country! The easy way out for him was to just remain in the Union Army and take up arms against his friends and neighbors and relatives. But, guided by his conscience, he made the awesome decision to disavow his oath to the Union Army and the USA and accept a commission and take an oath in the CSA.
So, where’s the analogy some freeper will argue? The analogy is that Lee WAS ABLE at CRUNCH TIME to tell the Union Army I cannot support what you are doing and I hereby resign!
The only US Soldier to do that in the Obama age as far as I know was Dr. (Colonel) Terry Lakin. Everybody else is worried about their pensions as the USA is in it’s death throes due to no leadership.
There is just as much, if not more, at stake today as there was for Lee at the beginning of the Civil War.
“”The only US Soldier to do that in the Obama age as far as I know was Dr. (Colonel) Terry Lakin.””
Well written post. I have a hunch that several of the others we’ve seen exit the military since obozo’s entrance onto the political scene did so for similar reasons but it was kept quiet. Too many to be a coincidence. IMO even Petreaus’s exit was suspect.