Department of Defense Orders Soldier Fired for Challenging Prez

wnd.com ^ | July 15, 2009 3:08 pm Eastern | Chelsea Schilling

[Mariner]

This is surely a Security Clearance issue.

[2nd amendment mama]

Maybe you should do research about this subject before opening your mouth and proving to people that you're a fool. This man is a true patriot that's willing to stand behind the oath he took when he joined the military to protect us from all enemies - foreign and DOMESTIC!

[SaraJohnson]

There are laws protecting whistleblowers from government retalliation. All this might irk the judge into moving forward against Obama. He’s a marine in a previous lifetime.

It would help if there were politicians who demanded the protection of whistleblowers as well. We have none of those these days.

[gwilhelm56]

I was once scolded by the “We’re above that” group for referring to NOBAMA as der FUHRER.

It now appears I was Correct and will go back to doing so.

HEIL FUHRER OBAMA!

[stuartcr]

So do I. I think he should have resigned his commision first.

[Rightly Biased]

overhere!

[phelix]

You must not be a contractor. The DoD can do just about anything it wants, and contractors will obey. It’s all about the $$$

What you say may be painfully true - but I don't think it is legal.

[Grampa Dave]

This will get very messy before our side wins.

[wolfcreek]

I guess we all know what happens after legal recourse?

[paulycy]

If the Major meets all the requirements no one should be allowed

"should" is the operative word.

We are now officially in a tyranny.

[rubeng]

I wrote earlier today that those who thought it was a victory when his orders to deploy were revoked are extremely naive.

The Department of Defense can not and should not tolerate this type of behavior. Regardless of who the POTUS is, it is astonishing and disturbing here that people here are tolerating mutiny of our military.

WE ARE FIGHTING A WAR AGAINST TERRORISTS IN AFGHANISTAN, REMEMBER FOLKS?

[Joe 6-pack]

"WE ARE FIGHTING A WAR AGAINST TERRORISTS IN AFGHANISTAN, REMEMBER FOLKS?"

Which is precisely why we should be focusing on the snake in our foxhole before we try to service the 300 meter target.

[unique]

He stepped up to ask a simple question - were is the mutiny part?

[TribalPrincess2U]

Sick sick bastards.

[ExTxMarine]

Did you ever serve in the military? It is a part of our DUTY to this country and to the constitution to REFUSE illegal and unlawful orders. If President Obama orders you to kill unarmed civilians, are you supposed to follows blindly?

If he is illegally filling the White House, by usurping the Constitution, then his orders were ILLEGAL and it is his duty to refuse those orders.

[browardchad]

I believe the company is complaining that the major is getting them mixed up in his political windmill-tilting. And who here want's to bet that the next step won't be a letter from the Secretary of the Army telling him his services as an officer in the Army Reserve are no longer needed?

With regard to "windmill tilting," let's the consider the timeline:

Feb. 1 - Cook voluntarily  joined Taitz’ Class Action Suit (per a posting of his letter to Taitz on FR)

May 8 -  Cook volunteers for deployment

June 9 -  Cook gets order to deploy to Afghanistan on July 15

July 10 - Taitz files a TRO for Cook

July 14 - Cook's  orders (which he could have cancelled himself at any time up to July 15) are cancelled by U.S. Army Human Resources Command.

Why did Cook volunteer for deployment, after signing on to Taitz' class action suit?

[Babalu]

Yes. You are correct. I worked for a large information systems DoD contractor after I retired. I was somewhat amazed at the leverage the government. In some contracts, they actually approved who was on a project.

I believe that in this Major’s case, he burned that bridge, and now “miraculously” there is no other position for him with the contractor.

This doesn’t surprise me. Happens often in the DoD contracting world.

[jersey117]

What goes around, comes around. Maybe obama will be fired when it’s proven that he’s not eligible to serve as president.

[TribalPrincess2U]

They don’t. They didn’t when Clinton did it either.

[Babalu]

Not true. I worked on several DoD contracts where the “people list” had to be approved by the government project officer for that contract.