So what gives him the responsibility to question it? Apparently not only that order but every order given to him by every superior in his chain of command? When I took my oath as an officer many years ago I swore to support and defend the Constitution. I did not swear to support and defend and interpret the Constitution, that last part is the responsibility of others. And I also swore that I would well and faithfully discharge the office I was about to enter. I don't see how anyone can consider refusing to obey the lawful order of one's commanding officer is doing that.
I have read many of your posts in the past and I agree with many of them. I believe that this time we must disagree. Perhaps you are right, perhaps I am. But at this time there appears to be an emotional context here that I am having a difficult time overcoming.
I believe the LtC is within his duty to question these and other orders being given with downward direction by Obama and the DOD. You don’t think he does have the duty to do so.
Let’s just leave it at that for now and let events play out and revisit it later.
Have a good day now.
His oath and the first amendment??
Then what the hell good was your oath??? and who were those others??? Were they stated by you as part of your oath as well???
You swore to "support and defend the Constitution" -- not to "support and defend someone else's interpretation of that Constitution".
If you didn't read and understand the Constitution, and know what it said and meant, then you should have refused the oath until you could actually read and understand it. But that would have required due diligence on your part --
It sounds like your oath was malleable and breakable and subjective and in need of interpretation as well, and therefore not worth diddly squat.
Did you leave the interpretation of your commanding officer's order to others as well???
How can you defend or uphold it without "interpreting it?" Letting others tell you what it means is just another form of "I was just obeying orders".