Posted on 01/12/2012 6:05:27 PM PST by kristinn
The Post & Email has just learned that Lt. Col. Stefan Cook, about whose illness we reported yesterday, has passed away at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, FL at approximately 2:30 p.m. today of pancreatic cancer.
Cook, then a Major in the U.S. Army Reserves, had challenged Obama’s constitutional eligibility to serve as president in July 2009 through Atty. Orly Taitz. After Taitz filed the lawsuit in Georgia, Cook’s orders to deploy to Afghanistan were rescinded by the Army, a move which Taitz had hailed as a victory.
At the time the lawsuit was filed, Maj. Cook had expressed his concern that he might be carrying out illegal orders in the event that Obama was not constitutionally qualified to issue them. He had told WorldNetDaily, ”[Then] any order coming out of the presidency or his chain of command is illegal. Should I deploy, I would essentially be following an illegal [order]. If I happened to be captured by the enemy in a foreign land, I would not be privy to the Geneva Convention protections.”
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Previous article at the Post and Email.
Free Republic prayer threads here and here.
Link to roaddog727's homepage on FR. He joined Free Republic on September 7, 2003. His last post was on December 21, 2011.
YouTube video of roaddog727 speaking at the Free Republic National Convention on September 11, 2009.
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And thank you for your service to our country.
My prayers & deepest sympathies. Too many FRiends lost lately. RIP roaddog727.
A true hero.
Courtesy ping.
God Bless and comfort you in his Loving Arms.
Console Stefan’s grieving family.
May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace. And may God comfort his family.
Rest in peace precious patriot.
May he rest in peace and may the perpetual light shine upon him. Thank you, soldier, for your service to this country and for calling the President to task on his eligibility. Cowards that they are, they ducked your charges.
Rest in peace good sir. Thank you for your service and may God bring comfort to your family and many friends.
Godspeed.
Tatt
Prayers for Lt. Col Cook.
May he rest in peace.
A great American and FReeper.
Amen. RIP, Lt.Col. Prayers up for a patriot and his loved ones.
Almighty God,
we remember before you today your faithful servant Stefan;
and we pray that,
having opened to him the gates of larger life,
you will receive him more and more into your joyful service,
that,
with all who have faithfully served you in the past,
he may share in the eternal victory of Jesus Christ,
the Risen Lord,
AMEN.
RIP Major. You are in a better place.
Pippin: What? Gandalf?... See what?
Gandalf: White shores... and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.
Farewell my LOTR FRiend.
Undead Threaders, sad ping.
See you at the big formation LTC Cook.
Thank you for your service. May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
Prayers to his family. Amen.
Ping
Rest In Peace, thank you for your service to our country.
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