That's stretching my point beyond recognition. The last paragraph of 495 explains what I mean very clearly.
After all Obama is the Commander in Chief, and is why he is held accountable. The military just follows orders.
That's a very loaded statement. Are you implying that the military would comply with an order to intentionally fake a raid into Pakistan to kill UBL for Obama's political gain? Or that it would be all right because it's just 'following orders'?
If you're unsure, let me answer for you. Obeying that order would be a crime, and covering it up would be a crime. The military would be just as guilty as Obama, and far more stupid, to comply with such an operation.
This is why I'm upset. People are speaking in airy, abstract terms about real patriots committing major crimes with no motive at all.
“if that UBL conspiracy theory hinges on the participation of the Navy SEALs and the intelligence community, when any of them could go public and prove him wrong, utterly destroying his presidency, then you’re basically accusing all of them of the same crime you accuse Obama of. “
This is why I said,
“I don’t agree that by criticizing Obama that freepers are attacking the military at the very same time.”
First, when you are in the military you do not question orders and ask WHY you are doing an operation? That does not happen in the ranks where an operation is executed. You learn that back at boot camp on the first day.
Second, when a unit goes out on an operation. They do not tell their unit WHY they are doing this in order to.... They give them primary and secondary targets and tell them how they will execute the operation. They don’t say why.
Finally, one of the main reasons that does not happen for security reasons. For instance, if someone is caught, then they do not want to tell the enemy what we know or are doing something.
So to suggest that Seal Team 6 would know WHY they are executing an operation is a stretch. The only person that may know would be the Commanding Officer. Like I said they just follow orders.