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Biden urges West Point cadets to ‘hold fast’ to the oath amid global turmoil
The Hill ^ | 05/25/2024 | LAUREN IRWIN

Posted on 05/25/2024 1:08:35 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

President Biden told graduates of the U.S. Military Academy Saturday to stay true to their values as they face threats and turmoil across the globe.

“Hold fast to your values that you learned here at West Point,” Biden told the graduates.

He said they will have to uphold the oath they took on their first day at West Point. An oath taken to “not a political party, not to a president, but to the Constitution of the United States of America, against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biden; cadets; laurenirwin; spenserrapone; turmoil; westpoint
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To: Judge Bean

No, he went to West Point too.


21 posted on 05/25/2024 2:09:44 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Seems like Presidents take an oath when being sworn in. I don’t think Joe Biden is holding fast.


22 posted on 05/25/2024 2:11:32 PM PDT by Fireone (Who killed Obama's chef?)
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To: Dalberg-Acton

Is that guy been promoted to general yet?


23 posted on 05/25/2024 2:18:51 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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To: doorgunner69

He’s teaching communism at a college in Austin Tx


24 posted on 05/25/2024 2:24:57 PM PDT by crosdaddy
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The president always gives a speech at each of the four military school on a rotation. But hopefully still it doesn’t go lefty.


25 posted on 05/25/2024 2:47:41 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: Signalman

I’m hoping that is a Photoshop job.


26 posted on 05/25/2024 2:49:24 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Do West Point second lieutenants take the same oath of allegiance as I did after completing OCS in 1951??


27 posted on 05/25/2024 2:52:43 PM PDT by elpadre
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To: crosdaddy

I figured he was in the running for JCS


28 posted on 05/25/2024 3:07:30 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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To: sasquatch

Is your niece’s husband currently in Colorado after graduating from West Point in New York or did you mean he graduated from the Air Force Academy?


29 posted on 05/25/2024 3:22:50 PM PDT by ken in texas
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To: napscoordinator

Nope, it’s real. There was quite a bit of discussion a few years back when he graduated. Not sure of the exact timeframe.


30 posted on 05/25/2024 3:23:55 PM PDT by ken in texas
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This is from the Bee, right?


31 posted on 05/25/2024 3:38:15 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: ken in texas

That’s really disgusting especially if nothing came out of it in form of court’s martial.


32 posted on 05/25/2024 3:41:55 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: Judge Bean
He said they will have to uphold the oath they took on their first day at West Point. An oath taken to “not a political party, not to a president, but to the Constitution of the United States of America, against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”

Sep 9, 2021 — Biden boots Trump appointees from military academy advisory boards

A lying licker of dog feces.

33 posted on 05/25/2024 3:47:02 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: ken in texas

https://freerepublic.com/tag/spenserrapone/index


34 posted on 05/25/2024 3:48:45 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: kiryandil

Thanks, I had forgotten the name.


35 posted on 05/25/2024 4:19:58 PM PDT by ken in texas
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To: Dalberg-Acton; Signalman; doorgunner69; jmacusa; Charles Martel; crosdaddy; ken in texas
Holy carp! read this part of the following article From The Anti-Woke Military Mailbag

Angry vet: GOP Congressional bigshots allowed the military to go woke on their watch

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/from-the-anti-woke-military-mailbag/

update from Richard York [many particulars about Rapone by York, who attended West Point with him] starts about 2/3 of the way down the linked article, goes for 17 paragraphs.

Rod Dreher writes - UPDATE: Read this comment from Richard York [very long and VERY informative]. Holy cow:

Nice caption, Rod.

My two cents on Spenser Rapone. I knew him slightly at the Academy and went on to serve with people who were with him in Afghanistan or instructed him during his Army education. He’s still a topic of conversation among junior Army officers in my generation, thanks to his flamboyant gestures in support of left-wing causes and the spectacular way in which his military career came to an end...

[17 paragraphs follow]

tidbit: Rapone most likely got into The Point because he was prior-enlisted Ranger combat veteran [75th Ranger Regiment in Afghanistan].

36 posted on 05/25/2024 4:20:07 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: napscoordinator
See replies 34 and 36 in this thread for a bit more info on him.
37 posted on 05/25/2024 4:25:20 PM PDT by ken in texas
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Support abortion vaccine or stay out. Leave your ethics conscience at the door.


38 posted on 05/25/2024 4:53:45 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He also told them he had an appointment to the Naval Academy but Roger Staubach was there at the time


39 posted on 05/25/2024 4:58:34 PM PDT by mware
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yeah, we know what an “oath keeper” Bribey is. He keeps his oath of treason to China and that’s about it.


40 posted on 05/25/2024 5:02:08 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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