[chargers fan]

Yup. And if obama orders our troops to round up Christians and conservatives and send them to camps, any dissent likewise would be “unacceptable” and “always will be.” Right? Because, of course, our military’s highest oath is to the person holding the office of President. Not to some old piece of paper writtent by a bunch of dead white guys.

Two different things. I'm glad you have such high regard for us in uniform though that you would think we'd go along with that. Take your strawman elsewhere.

Also, our oath to protect the Constitution also means that we support a civilian government. That means the military stays out of goverance.

[Yosemitest]

"That means the military stays out of goverance"

Not exactly.
WAR is governance.
There is a time for the military to "BE the governance."

[piytar]

It’s not a strawman. Obama is in dereliction of his Constitutional duty to protect the US. He is making decisions for purely domestic political reasons that are getting American servicemembers killed and that are endangering this nation. McCrystal is doing his duty by speaking up.

I respect our servicemembers and their williness to sacrifice life and career to do their Constitutional duty. Kind of shocked that you don’t share that view.