Your #426 to Butterdezillion was well done. The energy and venom in the attack on her, based on a few obviously uncharacteristic and apparently incomplete words, was surprising.
Also surprising is the fact that so many seem unable to appreciate that LTC Lakin has likely always understood he has little chance of defending against the charges he faces.
It appears Lakin is quite prepared to go to Leavenworth in return for providing some impetus to a new Congress to correct the breach of statutory procedure that occurred when the 2009 Congress certified the votes for Obama.
At the least, he may calculate that 2 years in detention will resolve the turmoil in his conscience.
Some do not appear to understand the enormous leverage, both direct and indirect, that a WH has over military policy (perhaps made worse in this case by use of the “Chicago” style).
Nor do they appear to recognize forces working against our armed services. Efforts to repeal DADT, implementing ROE’s that increase the level of hazard in a combat zone; advocating the use of civilian courts rather than military courts, desiring a civilian security force better funded than the military, are some known to the public that immediately come to mind.
It’s good to be reminded of that. You and Red Steel are sort of the Rock of Gibraltar for me, to keep me focused on the larger game plan in this regard.
It just bugs me so bad when I see them basically force Lakin to beg. Reminds me of reading in “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” about the fiends of hell feeling so brave and powerful because they tied Aslan tight (as he willingly took Edmund’s place of guilt), mocked, sheared off his mane, and called him a pussy cat while they gloated over their triumph - when all along he willingly submitted to it out of his deep love and desire to save Edmund.
I wish I could serve at least part of his sentence for him. It was his love for this country and all us “old Narnians” that led him to do what he did, and seeing him treated this way is a million times worse than being treated like that myself.
I need to focus on the love of the lion, not the hatred of the ghouls that mock him. It’s the love that will save America, if anything. No matter what they do to Lakin, they can’t kill that love that he had for this country and for those of us who love what America is, or kill the love that we have for America and for him.