The language in what you just posted makes me proud of our military. The behavior of people like Lakin make me proud of the people who serve in our military.
The lawyers who parse the technicalities in order to claim the opposite of what you posted make my stomach hurt.
It’s honor and truthfulness versus the corrupt political machine. Just like in Washington DC.
I have two nephews in the USMC now; one was commissioned last spring and the other left for boot camp on Sunday. They and all the other honorable men and women who make these oaths deserve better than the corrupt political machine. They deserve a chance to fulfill the oaths they made.
>The language in what you just posted makes me proud of our military. The behavior of people like Lakin make me proud of the people who serve in our military.
Um, you’re welcome?
>The lawyers who parse the technicalities in order to claim the opposite of what you posted make my stomach hurt.
Believe me, it’s so much worse when you *know* that your chain-of-command will not live up to what it says and that, insofar as acting upon those words, no proactive action would be taken.
Shortly after the 08 election I was in a parade w/ my National Guard unit, for veteran’s day [it was right after the election] and as we were waiting to start we got to talking. Someone made the comment that the “Office of the President Elect” that Obama had pulled outta his arse was outrageous/tacky. I made mention that should it come out that Obama was not Constitutionally qualified to be President then it was incumbent upon the Army to remove him from office... for this I was told to “shut up” by an SFC.
Pissed me the hell off and was the last straw for me. (The BS regarding promotions, its own long story, had me seriously debating staying in.)