Here’s where I think the army screwed up with Cook (and I think you can get behind me on this): Cook questioned the legality of the order - the military said, “Fine, you aren’t going.” and left it at that.
They never addressed the actual accusation. They didn’t say, “Hey, guy! This guy is your president now get over it. The orders are legal.” They didn’t do *anything* to deal with the actual problem. They just dropped him. (Then went and violated the crap out of the Whistle Blower’s Law and got him fired, but that’s for another lawsuit.)
The military didn’t act like the *military* at all in this process.
Seriously, Son - when have you ever seen the Pentagon act so “cute”? Have you *ever* seen them behave in such a vindictive manner? Seen them bounce around a legal issue instead of addressing it? I don’t know everything about the ins and outs of the military legal system, but this just doesn’t seem real to me.
It’s obvious to every thinking person in this country that by not addressing Cook’s accusations one way or another, the Pentagon left a wide open door for anyone to stroll through.
I think that you and I are actually on the same side here. I agree with you that this is *very* dangerous and that something should have been done. We’re just disagreeing on the “what”.
Yep. I agree with you 100% there. When I read they had simply cancelled his orders I was disappointed. That is just wishy-washy.
but this just doesn’t seem real to me.
There is something very odd about the whole thing, I agree. But, without the inside information, it's only speculation what's going on. I know from my own experience that there are always a lot of barracks lawyers. This is a known fact- I mean everybody knows this in the Army. And left to their own devices, barracks lawyers can foment quite a bit of trouble in the ranks. I can't figure what the command was thinking when they tried to handle it like this. It makes no sense.
We maybe aren't disagreeing on the what either. I just want the issue to be quickly decided so the armed forces aren't even put in the situation where their loyalties are played upon. If there is something Obama can do to bring the matter to a conclusion, I believe he should look at the matter 'as a CinC doing what's best for the troops he commands'. If producing the document would settle this issue quickly, I, personally, wish he would do so.
Failing that, I wish the Army would take a definitive stance on the matter so at least the soldiers would know what the service expected them to do and what would happen to them if they didn't do it.
A soldier in combat has enough to worry about without all this in his head too.
They never addressed the actual accusation. They didn’t say, “Hey, guy! This guy is your president now get over it. The orders are legal.” They didn’t do *anything* to deal with the actual problem. They just dropped him. (Then went and violated the crap out of the Whistle Blower’s Law and got him fired, but that’s for another lawsuit.)
The military didn’t act like the *military* at all in this process.
Seriously, Son - when have you ever seen the Pentagon act so “cute”? Have you *ever* seen them behave in such a vindictive manner? Seen them bounce around a legal issue instead of addressing it? I don’t know everything about the ins and outs of the military legal system, but this just doesn’t seem real to me.
It’s obvious to every thinking person in this country that by not addressing Cook’s accusations one way or another, the Pentagon left a wide open door for anyone to stroll through.
I think that you and I are actually on the same side here. I agree with you that this is *very* dangerous and that something should have been done. We’re just disagreeing on the “what”.
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