What is an Oath?

18 Jan 2019 | LTC.Ret

[LTC.Ret]

When I raised my right hand and swore my Oath to honor, respect, preserve, and protect the Constitution of the United States, I considered it a sacred and lifelong vow. Without the rule of law we are nothing, and have no future beyond the plans that the one(s) with the most money and power have for us. I, and many others who have sworn the same Oath, are/were willing to give anything and everything to honor our pledge.

But now, it seems to be little more than a perfunctory photo-op for far too many Washington elite. And why should they care? Why should they fear? What is the penalty for violating their Oath of Office? And who are the guardians who would charge those who willfully violate their Oath to the detriment of our Nation --- the Oath to preserve and protect our Constitution, our Founding Documents, our Rule of Law, the very Foundation of our Nation, from all enemies foreign and domestic?

Communism violates that Oath. Socialism violates that Oath. Sharia Law violates that Oath. The very hypocrisy that we decry when one Party is absolved of all crimes while the opposing Party is punished for uncorroborated innuendo is a violation of our equal rights protection and a mockery of our Constitutional Oath.

Can a Political Party, and its candidates, still honestly swear an Oath to a Constitution they state is outdated and no longer viable in this day and time?

Can we in good conscience ask our brothers and sisters to shed their blood, lose their limbs, and forfeit their lives for a few words that seem to mean less and less to those very people that we elevate with our vote into public office?

If the Constitution is not the bedrock of our Nation, then we stand on shifting and sinking sands. All that we have known and gained in the last 200+ years as a free people can be lost in a single generation.

So in the end --- if the Oath means nothing, really, then why bother?

Or --- will we choose to enforce the Oath; to honor, respect, preserve, and protect our Constitution; to punish those who commit the cruelest form of perjury against We the People, while we still have some semblance of the rule of law, and make its words mean something again???

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[TADSLOS]

Amen.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Sorry, but all of our elected and appointed decided for us that we didn’t need to uphold the Constitution on Usurpation Day, January 20, 2009.

The struggle unfolding now is to restore it.

[rjsimmon]

Great thoughts, Col. At every promotion, I recited my oath to protect and defend the Constitution. Upon my retirement, there was no oath rescinding those previous oaths.

[princess leah]

It is time for President Donald J Trump to declare an emergency and go full throttle to the border wall! Start by following Nehemiah’s example and have the army Corp of Engineers build the wall by night and guard it against attacks by day!

[Vermont Lt]

Have at it then. Lead the revolution. I am sure there are ton of folks who would line up behind you.

You wouldn’t be the first LTC to try.

[mountainlion]

I have taken the oath of office about 5 times. I was never released form it so it is still in force. If I was a politician it seems that I would be expected to violate the oath and if I took the oath seriously I would be punished. The oath is only enforced against peons.

I hear that there is something like a war powers act that suspended the Constitution.

[M Kehoe]

The oath I took 40 + years ago is still in effect...until the VA puts me in the clay.

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[USS Alaska]

When I raised my right hand and swore my Oath to honor, respect, preserve, and protect the Constitution of the United States, I considered it a sacred and lifelong vow. Without the rule of law we are nothing, and have no future beyond the plans that the one(s) with the most money and power have for us. I, and many others who have sworn the same Oath, are/were willing to give anything and everything to honor our pledge.

The Founding Fathers knew that without a belief in God, the 'new' American Constitution, would not last. As Americans move further and further away from God, an oath becomes meaningless.

When senators refuse to be 'sworn in' using a Bible, and instead use an NFL rule book, a koran, a sports illustrated, or a roll of toilet paper, the Republic is over.

We patriots that have sworn the oath, will watch the end, we may fight {a bit} but like all other forms of government through out human history, the majority is too {stupid, lazy, complacent, weak, gutless, wimpy, etc...} to again fight a much needed revolution.

The Roman Empire lasted 500 years, the USA, with our original intent and Constitution, will not make 300.

I will be long since dead, but I have little hope for the youth of America, including all of my off spring.

Sad.

[HangnJudge]

One cannot break an Oath
Without breaking one’s self

An Oath to God can
ONLY be released by God

[HangnJudge]

I am under the Hippocratic Oath
I know Precisely what that means

Being Faithless to that Oath lowers one to pond scum

[oldtech]

It doesn’t seem to necessarily apply to our Congress critters. If they really meant for it to apply to those who have taken an oath of office & then failed to uphold it like many have....then there should be a simple procedure to remove them from office. Seems to me that is what it’s going to take to get their feet held to the fire & separate the ones who wish to actually serve their country from those who are just serving themselves.

[oldtech]

It doesn’t seem to necessarily apply to our Congress critters. If they really meant for it to apply to those who have taken an oath of office & then failed to uphold it like many have....then there should be a simple procedure to remove them from office. Seems to me that is what it’s going to take to get their feet held to the fire & separate the ones who wish to actually serve their country from those who are just serving themselves.

[fella]

Excellent

[Teotwawki]

I took that oath when I entered the military. It was not rescinded when I was exited so as far as I’m concerned, it is still in effect.

....against all enemies, foreign and domestic

[Old Teufel Hunden]

Col,

Like you, I have sworn that oath too many times to remember the count. I adhere to it this day and respect all oaths. I gave an oath to my wife more than 30 years ago and still uphold it as well. However, even in the military it seems that the oath is no longer sacred. Witness the picture below:



I know they all got punished for this, but who in that room thought it was a good idea to begin with? I remember how proud I was when the Soviet Union fell and thought I was a part of that. However, more and more I think it was a bad idea, that was now 26 years ago. We have a generation that is now adults who never knew about the Cold War and communism. As the old proverb says, as iron sharpens iron so one man sharpens another. We as a country are soft because we don't have an existential threat. Yes, Islamo Fascism has to be defeated but it's not the same as the possibility of being annihilated. Since we don't have existential threats our concerns are if homosexuals can marry or to have compassion for a guy who thinks he's a woman. Silliness.

[Lurking Libertarian]

The Founding Fathers knew that without a belief in God, the 'new' American Constitution, would not last. As Americans move further and further away from God, an oath becomes meaningless. When senators refuse to be 'sworn in' using a Bible, and instead use an NFL rule book, a koran, a sports illustrated, or a roll of toilet paper, the Republic is over.

Have you ever even read the Constitution?

It doesn't require a Bible. It doesn't even require an oath; it permits an "Oath or Affirmation." (Art. II, sec. 1; Article VI). It also provides that "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office" (Article VI).

And, by the way, John Quincy Adams took his Presidential oath of office on a law book, not a Bible, to show that his allegiance was to the Law, not to any religious denomination. The Republic seems to have survived nonetheless.

[BuffaloJack]

If you don’t fight for the things you stand for, then you really don’t stand for them.

[infool7]

Oath’s are based on trust.

trust is based on morality.

immorality leads to distrust

distrust leads to chaos.

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