>The language in what you just posted makes me proud of our military. The behavior of people like Lakin make me proud of the people who serve in our military.
Um, you’re welcome?
>The lawyers who parse the technicalities in order to claim the opposite of what you posted make my stomach hurt.
Believe me, it’s so much worse when you *know* that your chain-of-command will not live up to what it says and that, insofar as acting upon those words, no proactive action would be taken.
Shortly after the 08 election I was in a parade w/ my National Guard unit, for veteran’s day [it was right after the election] and as we were waiting to start we got to talking. Someone made the comment that the “Office of the President Elect” that Obama had pulled outta his arse was outrageous/tacky. I made mention that should it come out that Obama was not Constitutionally qualified to be President then it was incumbent upon the Army to remove him from office... for this I was told to “shut up” by an SFC.
Pissed me the hell off and was the last straw for me. (The BS regarding promotions, its own long story, had me seriously debating staying in.)
The nephew who was commissioned last spring is my godson. With our gift to him I wrote him a note saying that I believe this to be an incredibly difficult time to make and keep the oath he was making but that I leave him to the care of the Lord, who will give him wisdom and strength to do what is right.
Sent him off to Quantico shortly after that, right after I had heard from Sharon Rondeau at The Post & Email that she had been wrangling with Quantico over their constant attempts to hack the P&E site.
I don’t cry easily (depending on the time of the month. lol) but the thought of him going someplace where he could be ordered to try to undo everything I have been working on out of my respect and love for this country and its Constitution was a bit much to take.
I had spoken with him a couple years earlier about the military and why he likes it. He talked about how apolitical it is. I let it pass at the time, figuring he’d learn all too soon.
I had just done research into how Able Danger had been snuffed because in addition to identifying a potential AQ cell centered out of Brooklyn and headed by Mohammad Atta it had uncovered suspicious activity at Stanford University involving SecDef William Perry - whose own company, it was later revealed, had sold forbidden encrypted satellite technology to a Chinese front company he knew was owned by the Chinese military leader’s wife. All the actionable intel on Atta’s AQ cell was destroyed because Perry didn’t want anybody thinking Able Danger was credible, since that could lead to an investigation of Able Danger’s other findings.
Able Danger was started by the military shortly after Congress had issued the Thompson Report recommending that the DOJ investigate the role of Chinese front companies in getting forbidden technology from the US government. Janet Reno refused to investigate, in spite of pressure from Congress, so Able Danger (as I understand it) was the military’s response in order to try to protect our technology.
It did perfectly what it was supposed to do on the Chinese front company issue as well as on the terrorism issue, and because of that it was disbanded and the members eventually gagged. Because the person in charge of the military (SecDef Perry) was the crook who needed his a$$ covered. The fox guarding the henhouse after swearing an oath to defend it.