I am both a naturalized American citizen and a veteran of the US military..
When I swore this oath and became an American citizen in 1975, I wore my USAF uniform, and cried in awe and gratitude and pride...
The rest of the group in the naturalization ceremony that day would not have understood or accepted this treason, including the 80 yo Jewish lady who escaped with her family from Poland during the war, and had to prefect the English language before she qualified to be an American citizen, and the judge who presided over the ceremony and told us his father had come from the Eastern Block as a young child, and that he always felt privileged to be called upon to attend ..
I had already sworn an oath when I entered the military, as an immigrant, a Registered Alien with a green card, and this further oath was no hardship nor did it go against any religious or personal belief or creed for me...
If the Oath of Allegiance is a stumbling block for a candidate for citizenship, then why are they not asked why ??? Can it be thy have already determined to support and fight for another country or ideology ???
It seems that the Islamic terrorists who this travesty is designed for have sworn to defend a previous homeland, and are not prepared to change their allegiance to America..
In that case, let that be a deciding moment..take the Oath or don’t become an American citizen..it is a requirement, keep it..
One month before I became an American citizen, I went for an interview where I was tested orally on American history, government, the Constitution, etc and I had to denounce my previous country..for the next month I was a woman without a country..I couldn’t use my old country’s passport any more and I was not yet eligible to apply for an American one..I couldn’t leave the country..My Alien Registration Card became he most important legal document I possessed..
Are these Islamic terrorists not required any more to denounce their allegiance to the country of their birth ??? By not taking an oath to defend the new country the allegiance to the old is still valid..this is more about staying true to their old and current vows of loyalty an able to act on those with impunity.. than any difficulty in caring about America..
These characters are not qualified to be American citizens..the main part of the ceremony has been guttered if the oath is not taken..these people are not American citizens in theory nor in loyalty and allegiance..
I do not like anything that the son of a bitch does. But from time to time I have to remember back to the fact that he was put in the White House two times to date by a majority of voters that call themselves Americans. I call them something else, but this is not about me. Then, I have to further remember that everything he does to destroy the United States is what those who voted for and elected him wants. Both he and they share a rabid hatred of the United States of America and wish to see her destroyed. And in that, they have succeeded.