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.
I agree with everything you said in that last post. One way or another, this MUST be resolved.
And I do want it *really* resolved. Telling our troops not to ask the obvious question is not fixing the situation. It’s not fair to them to sweep it under the rug.
After sleeping on this, it feels to me like we were talking about soldiers in the barracks that are isolated from the outside world with no clues of what is going on outside their world, is that correct?
We have just had the pleasure of having three different granddaughters visiting us for two weeks, 14, 15 and 19 years of age!
With their cell phones (Blackberry or what?) they would communicate with their friends and parents by calls and text messaging with "the speed of light." They would jump on our computers to check their e-mails, My Space, Face Book, Twitters, and what do I know!!
Now I would assume that our soldiers today have the same gadgets plus laptops with wireless connections and CNN/FOX in the recreation facilities and thereby being as well informed as the rest of us. Am I wrong??
Just a thought!!!