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To: babygene

One of the most impassioned speeches I have ever heard was from a Lieutenant Colonel who was redeploying from Iraq to his home station. I sat in awe as he explained that the US military is the only military in the world that swears an oath not to a person or country but an idea articulated in the document that is the US Constitution. They pledge their very lives to the defense of that idea.


25 posted on 04/07/2010 11:31:40 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Obie Wan Nairobi from the 1/2 dark side. The farce strong with this one, it is...)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
I sat in awe as he explained that the US military is the only military in the world that swears an oath not to a person or country but an idea articulated in the document that is the US Constitution. They pledge their very lives to the defense of that idea.

BUMP.

36 posted on 04/07/2010 11:53:44 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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Thank you. My son is going to Ft. Benning in a little over 2 weeks, I remind him that Presidents come and go as do our elected officials but the Constitution is the thing that remains constant.


110 posted on 04/08/2010 4:39:16 AM PDT by panthermom
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To: gov_bean_ counter
One of the most impassioned speeches I have ever heard was from a Lieutenant Colonel who was redeploying from Iraq to his home station. I sat in awe as he explained that the US military is the only military in the world that swears an oath not to a person or country but an idea articulated in the document that is the US Constitution. They pledge their very lives to the defense of that idea.

Bttt! That must have been an amazing speech.

206 posted on 04/08/2010 10:46:53 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (my former tagline "We can, and we will prevail" doesn't fit with the usurper's goals.)
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