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Yep. And now the cowards and shills and RINOs will slink out and howl against his character, dismiss the crushing pressure he was put under, and ignore a military record he earned that they couldn't achieve in their dreams - all while waving the flag and spitting at his courage and honor.

I don't see anyone ignoring his previous military record. I think everyone thinks that up until now he's given good service to his country. I hear more expressions of sorrow that Lakin chose the wrong vehicle for his protest. I will add, however, that a significant number of military and ex-military personnel do not admire missing deployment and will simply note that the court martial outcome was appropriate. That doesn't mean they're gleeful or spitting on his prior service.

I don’t see anyone ignoring his previous military record. I think everyone thinks that up until now he’s given good service to his country. I hear more expressions of sorrow that Lakin chose the wrong vehicle for his protest. I will add, however, that a significant number of military and ex-military personnel do not admire missing deployment and will simply note that the court martial outcome was appropriate. That doesn’t mean they’re gleeful or spitting on his prior service.

63 posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 10:13:52 PM by tired_old_conservative

Ditto.

I feel sadness and disappoint about the Lakin affair. There was no patriotic victory in it.

I hear more expressions of sorrow that Lakin chose the wrong vehicle for his protest.

Would that the comments were so clean. It's as if the ruling against him came from God and cannot be critiqued, or that the restrictions against him in court were somehow justified.

So many "military people" act as if there is no law for military personnel - or if there is, it consists in the single line "obey or die." But the UCMJ has more than one page, it has due process and evidence trains and required argument structures. And it specifies that orders must be legal, and that it is illegal to follow illegal orders.

None of these things are taken lightly, and none of them are presumed to be violated until strong evidence can be shown at the very least. But when you have an honorable, combat-experienced military officer questioning the legitimacy of a president who cannot provide a simple birth certificate and - get this, all you grunts: creating Rules of Engagement that are getting many, many more military people killed in combat, and restricting them from even defending themselves, than ever before (GOT THAT?) - then to legally challenge that president, from military jurisdiction, is an act of COURAGE and HONOR.

And now, this so-called "judicial sentencing" against this man, who was obviously sabotaged and broken into a plea-deal, will only serve to continue to protect the ROE-expanded death toll being currently suffered by OUR TROOPS who can't even shoot back against known, fleeing Muslim terrorists anymore.

So celebrate if you want - I'll pass.