Homosexuals in the Marines are fine ..
But, OH NO ........ not anyone who correctly sees OBastard as the enemy of the Constitution.
In English Common Law, a subject MUST give loyalty and allegiance to the Sovreign [even a usurper]:
" ... though there be an usurper of the crown, yet it is treason for any subject, while the usurper is in full possession of the sovereignty, to practice any thing against his crown and dignity. Wherefore, although the true prince regain the sovereignty, yet such attempts against the usurper (unless in defence or aid of the rightful king) have been afterwards punished with death; because of the breach of that temporary allegiance, which was due to him as king de facto.
And upon this footing, after Edward IV recovered the crown, which had been long detained from his house by the line of Lancaster, treasons committed against Henry VI were capitally punished, though Henry had been declared an usurper by parliament ..."
When I was in the Air Force, I was taught to:
"Respect the office - if not the man"
This Marine is entitled to his opinions, but it is NOT his right to question what are currently held to be lawful orders - nor is he entitled to publicly question them while he is in service to his country.
If he felt so strongly about it, and did not wish to face possible punishment, he should have waited until he was out of the service.
I admire his courage and good luck to him - but what he did was wrong, and he should have to face the possible consequences.
Obama breaks the chain of command all the time. He has broken Congress, the Courts and what not.
VERY BAD NEWS. This Marine poured out 9 years of his life serving this nation and this is the thanks he gets?! A swift kick in the behind out the door. And because he stated he wouldn’t shoot Americans if Obama ordered it?
For upholding the Constitution he is sworn to defend as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces he is being made an example of not to speak out against potential tyranny. We are in very dangerous waters now folks.
This isn’t your Dad and Grandpa’s Corps anymore.:(
More backwardness!
Hmm, how long before the military is required to swear a personal oath of loyalty to dear leader?
Meanwhile a f**ot who stole tens of thousands of military documents and sent them to espionage rings still has not been executed for treason. Meanwhile a muslim who gunned down dozens of men, women, and children stateside on a base still has not been executed for treason.
This Commie Commander in Chief is a farce.
As much as I may agree with this Marine’s commentary, as a former Marine myself I have to take the position that, as a member of the U.S. Military, your right to free speech is somewhat restricted in regards to the Chain of Command, and thus you cannot openly disrespect the Office of the Presidency, no matter how incompetent the current holder of said office may be; disregarding this you subject yourself to the U.C.M.J. . This being said, Semper Fi Marine.
I honestly believe anyone (civilian or military) naive enough to join Facebook deserves what they get. There is nothing to gain, and everything to lose as Facebook is a corporate marketing predator sucking up more about you every day of your life, that they will retain forever. Once in the system it will always be there. The stupid and reckless things that you do and say when immature and young will be there to ruin your life at 30, 50 or 70. Politicians 10-20 years from now will subject to political blackmail from items that they themselves posted in their youth.
FB is set up purposely to record every aspect of your life, your relatives your friends, your politics, photos of you and your friends, your events into the largest ever expanding database on individuals anywhere. Zuckerburg said he wants to remove privacy and anonymity as a concept.
We Americans fought for years the idea of a national identity card because we said we didn’t want our information in a national data base. Now Americans the sheep are enthusiastically giving up their life identity and privacy so that Facebook can own and sell your human identity to marketeers and government.
I don’t have any sympathy for sheep who follow pied pipers.