“I asked a military friend of mine whether SCOTUS was evading the eligibility issue because they feared riots and he said no, riots wouldn’t be a problem.”
Just curious....did your military friend have any explanation for why he thought SCOTUS was evading the eligibility question?
No. He was as baffled as I was at the time. That was shortly before Obama was inaugurated.
He did say he thought that Colin Powell agreed to work with Obama in order to keep eyes on him, and that the military would keep stuff from Obama if they didn’t trust him. A lot of what he said to me was to help me believe that the military would be considering all the information and wouldn’t be caught blind-sided.
One of the initial things I spoke with him about was my concern because of the satellite technology China was developing as a result of the Clinton administration (and actually specifically SecDef William Perry.) My friend assured me that we don’t have all our eggs in the satellite technology. He says there are contingency plans to cover just about anything.
And I was cool with what he said. But since seeing what happened with Nidal Hassan, the Haditha Marines, continued garbage regarding Able Danger, DADT, and now Lt Col Lakin (and especially the rationale used by the supposed “experts”), I’m losing trust in the military because of its leadership.
My friend transferred to another congregation so I don’t see him like I used to. I miss him. I’d love to hear his perspective on a lot of things.