"...I do not advertise the nature of my work, nor seek recognition for my actions..." - SEAL Code/Warrior Creed
Right. That’s the way it has to be for covert operations. It’s the nature of the beast. I’m not saying that they are doing anything out of the normal for this operation. The nature of the beast means that we will not hear first-story accounts from the people who did it.
I don’t believe that this is a faked episode but if it was we would not hear the actual participants calling out the leaders as lying about it, because they are sworn to secrecy. It’s the same reason that Janice Okubo has said nobody in their office could tell anybody - not even law enforcement - if Obama posted a forgery. They’re sworn to secrecy. Just like Obama is hiding behind supposed secrecy requirements for the HDOH, he could hide behind the secrecy requirements for the Seals. I don’t believe that is what he is doing, but I think that people need to realize that this great accountability that we trust to keep the leaders in line IS NOT THERE to the degree we think it is.
There are so many things that we cannot know, cannot see first-hand. This is why it is so critical that we trust the people who CAN see things first-hand and report it to us. Trust makes all the difference in the world. Trust is the difference between the day before the Sept 2008 run on the bank and the day after. Trust is the difference between a banana republic’s law enforcement and a non-banana republic’s. Trust is what makes the rape of a child such a horrendous thing; it is such a gross violation of trust.
Those who say that eligibility is a technicality don’t understand the basic nature of relationship and of society. He who is faithful in a little will be faithful in a lot. If this guy will forge a birth certificate, what else will he lie about? To be CINC means he has access to a lot of secrets that the rest of us can’t know; we have to just trust that he is looking out for our interests. He is driving us across the tightwire and all we can do is trust him. That is a scary, scary thing, when he has been so willing to break laws and lie in such a visible, documentable way.
I hope and pray that everybody is realizing why the Founders required the POTUS to have unimpeachable, undivided loyalty to this country.