They lose freedom of speech when serving America?
That has always been the case. I know that for 24 years I didn’t have the same rights as a civilian. I just hope they give him an honorable discharge. If not, he will not get the GI Bill, medical benefits or an VA help at all. Not to mention, a job with any state, county or federal government job and most likely zero job at any major company in the country. This is so overblown it is crazy. Send him to Office Hours and put him on restriction for 60 days and go on with his career. Believe it or not, he did wrong but this is very overblown.
We have never been in this situation before in our country. It’s time the military would BE ALLOWED to obey the oath they took. It seems we are past that part as PATRIOTS are squashed down. It can’t survive without them - so the future is obvious.
Stein said his statement about Obama was part of an online debate about NATO allowing U.S. troops to be tried for the Quran burnings in Afghanistan. In that context, he said, he was stating that he would not follow orders from the president if it involved detaining U.S. citizens, disarming them or doing anything else that he believes would violate their constitutional rights.
Sounds like he is stating that he would follow his oath, and defend the Constitution and only follow legal orders. In that respect he is following the UCMJ.