Posted on 04/05/2010 3:30:46 PM PDT by Smokeyblue
Greeley Native, U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and full-fledged birther Terry Lakin is refusing to deploy to Afghanistan until he sees evidence he can believe in that Pres. Obama is a natural born citizen of the United States. Lakin released a YouTube last week speaking in familiar talk-radio terms about his doubts regarding the president’s citizenship and his legitimacy as commander in chief. Today he received a letter from his brigade commander warning that he faced court marshal and time in prison. This would be Lakin’s second deployment to Afghanistan. He is fundraising for his legal defense, he says, looking to raise $50,000 by the end of the week. His Greeley relatives are putting distance between themselves and his birther campaign.
Lakin’s father Frank told the Greeley Tribune Friday that his son’s video wasn’t representative of the family. “This does not reflect the opinions or the attitude of the family by any means,” he said. “We’re Obama supporters.”
There have been a handful of soldiers in the last year who have refused to deploy for the same reason. Their cases have gone nowhere and have inspired little confidence. In July, Major Stefan Frederick Cook volunteered to deploy to Afghanistan and then refused and hired infamous birther lawyer Orly Taitz to represent him in a federal suit he filed against the president. But volunteers are under no order to deploy and so his request was merely rescinded.
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Plus, the fact is Obama was elected by the Electoral College and sworn in by the Chief Justice. Unless he is impeached or some court of competent jurisdiction declares him unqualified, he is in fact the President and any officer must obey his lawful orders. It has nothing to do with who does or does not "support" the putz.
He should tell his family he doesn’t want to go to an illegal war.
Then he’d be a ....criminal/hero depending on how jounalists covering the story feel at the given moment...
I like reasonisfaith and I think Lakin is a good man.
If you don’t agree with either of them can’t you come up with a more better reason than they’re “jerks”?
And you are a jerk as well...How about that?
A. Perhaps you’re under the influence of something that you should taper off from.
and
B. If I’m a jerk the way reasonisfaith and Lakin are jerks, I’m in fine company!
Big yawn.
Though many around here will not like this, Lt. Col. Lakin is disobeying a lawful order by his commanders. Given that the states placed Pres. Obama on the ballot without requiring him to produce an original birth certificate and that both the state election commissions and Congress certified the election, Lt. Col. Lakin will be convicted of disobeying a lawful order if he goes to court martial. He simply does not have the ability to unilaterally decide that the order is unlawful. Before pursuing this further, he really needs to get good legal counsel from a senior JAG defense attorney familiar with the details of the UCMJ.
What the hell is wrong with you?
Talk about brainwashed stupidity. His father is the one in need of a brain scan, except that it would likely just turn out to be blank.
I get it now; you must be "projecting" since you are the only one here who is exhibiting the behavior that you are ascribing to others.
If you have any actual argument other than the childish insults that you apparently believe pass for argument, then I'd love to hear it. If not, you might find yourself better suited to post on Democratic Underground.
Troll or idiot or A$$. Pick one.
Unlike verity, you are making a well-reasoned point. I don’t necessarily agree, but I’m open to the argument.
Perhaps the two cities share the same water source.
That might explain dad's reasoning.
“Lakin’s father Frank told the Greeley Tribune Friday that his son’s video wasn’t representative of the family. “This does not reflect the opinions or the attitude of the family by any means,” he said. “We’re Obama supporters.” “
Well, la-de-dah. Who gives a damn what his family thinks/feels/belives?
The only conclusion that can be drawn is that higher-ups in the Pentagon know that there is a real problem with Obama’s eligibility, or the Administration does and has ordered them to back off to avoid a trial that could open them up to the discovery process. Add this otherwise inexplicable behavior to Obama’s never-ending legal efforts to quash any effort to get at the truth and you can call me a very proud “birther”. Yep folks, there’s no other conclusion that can be drawn: We have an illegitimate President.
Well said.....it is obvious that the military is well aware that Obama is not legit.....they would have started pretrial hearings by now on Lakin.
And, it is sad that a number of “conservatives” are Enabling Obama, like Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck, Andrew Breitbart, and others....who are attacking the birthers and their raising the issue. The Birthers are slowly going to expose Obama as a fraud...and I am going to remember those so-called conservatives who attacked the birthers....because you know they will be “jumping on the bandwagon” soon.....
If one isn’t a wimp@$$, he’s a jerk. You exposed yourself nicely. Dead fish go w/the flow.
This isn't about whether you're a supporter of Obama or not. It's about what the Constitution requires and whether Obama has met those requirements. Whether you're a "Hatfield" or a "McCoy" is completely irrelevant.
What ever happened to LT Watada who refused to deploy during Bush’s presidency?
What came first, Barry’s fraud or Lakin’s disobedience?
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