Posted on 04/13/2010 10:00:19 AM PDT by BobMcCartyWrites
The axe appears to be falling on an Army officer who is refusing to deploy to Afghanistan until Barack Obama proves he is eligible to serve as president.
What I saw with the Haditha crew didn’t do much for my faith in the NCIS or the process.
My nephew/godson will be commissioned as a Marine in a few weeks. He keeps saying how apolitical the military is. I’ve kept quiet to him, but the way Jack Murtha screwed the military via the Haditha crap really gave the military a black eye in my mind.
The way the DOD handled the Able Danger crew didn’t help much either.
And the way they’ve dealt with Major Cook, etc only continues the pattern.
I love the military, but I think that they - just like civilian law enforcement which is corrupted (see http://www.butterdezillion.wordpress.com ) - may well have become corrupted by politics. Which is the ultimate blow by the communists - to infiltrate the top ranks of the military in order to castrate the rank-and-file from effectively keeping their oaths.
I hate what this country is becoming.
You're not alone there, my FReind.
Which means that if Lakin does prevail and shows that his orders were unlawful, that every soldier who has deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in the last year is guilty of a crime.
Hey I respect that officer but this is wartime-imagine if those who hated FDR had refused to deploy.
Imagine what kind of world we’d be living in.War is war and usually you are not going to see eye to eye with your leadership.
If a CO acting under the authority of CIC Vladimir Putin commanded a US army officer to deplay to a new base, would it be a lawful order? Why or why not? What would an officer faithful to his oath to uphold the Constitution do in such a case?
That’s why it’s absolutely unconscionable that the leadership refused to answer the legitimate questions that Lakin and others have asked in order to prevent this situation from coming up.
They are the ones who are supposed to be taking this war situation seriously. If they knew that soldiers were being sent into war with rifles that wouldn’t fire, they would be responsible to fix that problem before putting the soldiers in a lose-lose situation. Since they knew that there were widespread and serious questions of whether the orders were trusted as lawful, they should have done everything in their power to allow the troops to go out with a clean conscience.
This is about like sending troops out with no rules of engagement - and thus no legal protection, regardless of what they do. No secutiry. Unconscionable.
HA! The media is ignoring this VETERAN! I bet he SERVED IN VIETNAM!
He is courageous, and is willing to sacrifice for this country. The point is that we don’t know what future military orders will be given by Barry, and that is truly frightening.
LTC Lakin knows this, and is doing what he can to save this country. It isn’t about himself...it is about the country! He is no less a hero than those who sacrifice themselves in battle for the sake of their buddies. Instead of a court martial, he deserves the Medal of Honor.
I hope this brings unprecedented attention to this matter, and that the birth certificate will ultimately be something that cannot be ignored. If Barry had nothing to hide, the certificate would have been presented years ago.
What are you smoke'n?
And everybody who has obeyed Obama. Which is why the military leadership has a motive to cover this up.
This is why nobody who ever cared for the troops should EVER have poo-poohed this issue. When a person takes a legal oath it means there are legal consequences. What person of integrity could poo-pooh that?
Yet we have an entire nation who poo-poohed it. For the first time in my adult life I am ashamed of my country.
There was no question that FDR was in fact a natural born citizen of the United States, eligible for the office in which he served. There was no question that FDR wanted our country to win over Hitler. Sadly, there is no question that Obama is at best a national socialist and possibly something new and far worse, someone who hates America as we know it and imagines a future that would frighten any real American.
I think there’s one still pending.
But it had to go a long, long way with a lot of officials winking at corruption before finally somebody was found who judged rightly. The top brass were disgraceful.
It’s a serious question.
Don’t give me the crap about “It couldn’t happen here.”
If our political, law enforcement, and military people are willing to break their oaths ANYTHING could happen here. Wake up from your slumber before it’s too late.
My questions still stand.
And, a ridiculous one.
It is not about not wanting to go back to Afghanistan. He has been there already, and that is not the point. He is trying to protect the country from future deployment decisions that Barry will inevitably make that will be against the interests of this country.
And what happened to the guy that refused to deploy because he thought Bush started an illegal war?
The order was to deploy to a new base.
The lawfulness of an order depends upon (at least) two factors:
1) The order, itself.
2) The authority of the person who issued the order.
Regards,
However...If we are going to talk about “fixes” perhaps the “fix” is already set in favor of Larkin and against Obama.
Why should we assume that Obama is held in high esteem among the highest ranks of officers and that these officers will cooperate with Obama and his minions?
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