What happens when an officer in the military is no longer willing or able or allowed to fulfill his duties?
He/she does the honorable thing and resigns.
He/she also took an oath and (we assume for the sake of this discussion) he fulfilled that oath up until the moment he/she resigned.
If we use your “logic”, the officer should break his oath, remained commissioned, and serve without honor and than less than his ability.
You are selectively applying specific aspects of the oath concept and ignoring the many facets that comprise the oath. I suppose, in your mind, if Alaska changed its constitution in a way that conflicted with the U.S. Constitution — both of which she swore to uphold — she would have to kill herself. In other words, the way you apply the standard is illogical and unreasonable.
The same goes for giving your word to someone. If I gave my word to support your efforts to discredit Sarah Palin I would keep it, unless you started to make up things about her or twist the facts in such a way that are dishonest, I would break that word....because as gentlemen it would have been made on the assumption that it would be done honestly...not dishonestly.
I believe you applying black and white standards to Sarah unrealistically because it supports your point of view...standards that you yourself would not adhere to if you were in her shoes.
And, btw, a military officer's oath to serve is not at his discretion. He is committed until the length of his service commitment expires. Or is it that you really believe that a USMC Captain can, at any point, declare "I can't do this any more, I quit"?
Nice try though
Thanks for playing.
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A. I am applying the same standard that I would apply to any elected official....fulfill your commitment to the people who elected you to the position for which you campaigned.
B. You might have quit too but do not assume that I (or millions of others who take an oath seriously) am cut from the same cloth. I have never quit anything to which I had committed. And do not assume either that my life has not had adversity that made keeping my word a sacrifice.
Tens of millions of Americans know what it is like to be faced with sacrifice in order to keep an oath or a promise. Most do not quit, if they did this country would not be worth living in.