Posted on 01/10/2020 11:19:20 AM PST by bus man
A lawmaker who earned the Bronze Star during combat in Iraq as a Marine officer is denouncing President Donald Trump's foreign policy as "rudderless," and calling on active-duty military officers to question the orders they're getting from the commander in chief and refuse to follow them if they're not lawful.
Rep. Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democrat and former presidential candidate who ended his White House bid in August, made the remarks in a speech at the Atlantic Council on Thursday, a day after Trump triumphantly addressed the nation and announced that Iran seemed to be backing down from hostilities.
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A disgrace to the Corps.
They will burn in hell together!
So he lied in his oath to uphold the Constitution and “obey the orders of the President of the United States and the officers appointed over me.” Typical Democrat.
That is the enlisted oath, not the officer oath.......retired officer here
This dude is all over the map in his criticisms of the president’s recent actions. He says Iran “has restarted its nuclear weapons program and increased its regional aggression” - what - all since the president ordered the strike against their head terrorist? Have to say he shouldn’t have pulled out of the dem presidential race as he apparently is smarter than anyone else in DC...
He can criticize all he wants but why not keep things in their proper order? He’s mixing this year’s events with the past few years.
Blinded by Trump hatred the sheeple kept marching over the cliff.
Dearest seth, you back-bencher loser, please read the Constitution and reread your oath of office. If you had one scintilla of integrity, you would resign tonight and roam America in sackcloth begging for forgiveness.
Pretty sad that he won a Bronze Star for leading a small unit in combat yet is currently serving as an unpaid agent of influence of the Iranian regime responsible for the murder, and maiming, of thousands of his fellow veterans.
The act is treasonous. The man must be stood against the wall and shot. such statement in time of war is worthy of the death penalty and quick and speedy execution
“That should show the USMC the quality of people they get when they recruit out of Harvard.”
Yep, quite a letdown from a Harvard hero like Col. Robert Gould Shaw during the Civil War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gould_Shaw
“I ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion;” He still lied.
Yes, you can; BUT ONLY IF THEY ARE UNLAWFUL ORDERS.
I’m no sea lawyer, but I think even after all these years I could recognize an UNLAWFUL ORDER.
A Harvard Marine? What a tool.
UNLAWFUL ORDERS must not be carried out, to the best of my recollection the UCMJ doesn’t say anything about “IMMORAL ORDERS”.
So it was a lawful order when during 0bama and OBL was taken out but not a lawful order when this general was taken out by Trump. Okay, got it.
Our congresscritters are disgusting.
Not knowing exactly what the order read, I would say that taking out a uniformed enemy from a country that has stated they have been at war with us since 1979 is lawful.
Most of the IDIOTS in congress wouldn’t know a “LAWFUL ORDER” if it bit them on the ass, their total abuse of the impeachment process is a pretty good indicator of that.
Disgusting, and apparently very stupid; the SOB that was taken out was a uniformed soldier of a country that has repeatedly stated that they are at war with us since 1979.
I have no idea what you are responding to.
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