Posted on 12/16/2010 1:17:21 PM PST by Cardhu
May be a fool but he stood up for what he believed in.
The tour orders were the ones most directly related to the authority of the CinC. The judge in this court ignored this point and declared him irrelevant.
So he had questions, and sought answers. What were the answers?
Better hope he doesn't suspect you of any wrongdoing whatsoever.
His 15 minutes of fame, extended to 6 months.
“No comment.” Lakin’s attorney Puckett said the military dropped the ball and did him wrong.
Lakin is now the cause celebre, martyr, and political prisoner.
Judge Lind ruled that whether a valid President approved the use of force is IRRELEVANT to whether the deployment orders are lawful.
If that is true, then any brigade commander in the country could lawfully order troops to invade Iran today, and if anybody disobeyed those orders they would get the sentence Lakin got. They would not even be able to BRING UP the small, “irrelevant” fact that the only person lawfully able to authorize combat in Iran had never done so.
That’s what we’re talking about. That is how far the military leadership was willing to go in order to protect King Obama. They are willing to decree a lawless command structure to cover for Obama.
Obama’s coup has extended to the military, with the military leadership happily taking off her clothes and bending over for the perpetrator.
LTC Lakin believed otherwise, and many of us applaud and honor him for the stand he has taken. One day the truth will be revealed, probably long after the Imposter-in-Chief has done his very best to weaken and diminish the U.S.A. among the nations of the world.
Yes, let him go join Nathan Hale in the gallery of fools. He was set for life.
Only the SCOTUS truly has the power to convict, and the congress to remove. Expect it to be done in a few hours not months to "save us from a civil war". Think about it. Timing is everything.
Lakin NOW has standing....others were questionable. The case has a realistic premise (Orders of CiC by a fraud).....others were questionable. Any discovery would not settle the case because BO would have the right to appeal any judgment, therefore, all lower courts have taken ridiculous actions to avoid or as Justice Thomas said evade the proof...pushing it up the ladder to the SCOTUS
Expect any case that the SCOTUS has 'tabled' be returned when this one is before them. BUt not before Boehner is sworn into office as Speaker unless you want Nancy as President.
God bless Lakin.
The more things change, the more they remain the same....
Yeah, they’re so against mutinies that they just decided every brigade commander can decide to invade whatever country they want whether or not they have lawful authorization from the only person who can authorize combat operations.
Instead of having “mutinies” they’ll just let every brigade commander be his own little “Fuhrer” and act independently without legal authority.
Great way to get rid of mutinies, huh?
There’s a big difference. We have a Supreme Court definition of natural born citizen (one of the Art II requirements for office) and Obama doesn’t fit. It’s a simple, straightforward case.
Oh please. Servicemen can’t disobey legal orders. What a ridiculous precedent that would be. He should have resigned his commission if hes was so offended about Obama being the C-in-C.
No, as usurper he didn’t want the CONSTITUTION to dictate to him what he can and can’t legally do.
He chose not to deploy rather than keep pursuing this while deployed because he didn’t think it was fair to have this stuff going on when he was supposed to be giving the wounded his full attention.
He pursued this for 2 years before he was ever given deployment orders so this was not about trying to keep from being deployed, nor was it about Obama’s politics, since his pursuit of this was while Obama was still a primary candidate.
The long and short of it is that Judge Lind ruled that the President is totally irrelevant to the lawfulness of combat operations. Serious doo-doo.
From this thread.The Congress AND many in the Military, including many of LTC Lakins' commanders ACKNOWLEDGE there IS an issue with Barry's eligibility. YET, they ALL pass the damn buck. This is totally unacceptible! Question is, what can be done besides writing yet MORE letters which history has proven does NOTHING.
He sought advice and confirmation of Barry's eligibility and his orders being lawful from:
* legal assistance at Aberdeen Proving Grounds - Result = Ignored him
* his commander and supervisor - Who acknowledge there IS an issue. - Result = They don't know what to do
* Submits Article 138 complaint to his company commander - Result = they tell him his Article 138 complaint was deficient, so the Army didn’t have to answer it.
* LTC Lakin then writes letters to his congressional "representation" - Result = 1 Senator ignores him, the other say's the issue was "twittered" and therefore resolved and his Congressman forwards this issue to military affairs but apparently doesn't get answers to Lakin's questions and concerns.
* After being transferred to the Pentagon, he raised the issue with his clinic’s commander - Result = Commander acknowledges there IS an issue BUT had no guidance as to what to do.
* LTC Lakin then submitted another Article 138 complaint, this one routed through General Casey - Result = General Casey wasn’t in his chain of command, so his Article 138 complaint wouldn’t be addressed.
* LTC Lakin then goes to Capitol Hill for face-to-face meetings with one Congressman and high-level staffers. They acknowledge there IS an issue BUT but the media ridiculed it. Result = they let it go.
My comment on that.
"Obviously he didn’t decide to disobey his deployment orders simply based on an opinion. He sought advice and guidance at every level of command and through his Congressional representatives and what he got back from them did more to confirm his reservations than to pacify them. The DoD proved itself unaccountable for its own command structure and it remains in that state today."
I agree.
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