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Originally Posted by Lou Card
If you don't think Cheney was the man in charge you were not paying attention.
Richie, remember, I was 22 years military and be it right or wrong, I WOULD FOLLOW MY LEADER OVER THE CLIFF. Thats just the way a true military man is. Without complete loyalty to your leader is to have chaos. When just any one in the crowd starts making decisions against the leader ii becomes a direct route to failure.
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This goes off subject but I want to ask you to think about something Lou. When you took the US Armed Forces Oath of Enlistment, you didn't promise to follow your leader over the cliff. But I get what you are saying. That is honorable.
What you did say in the oath was to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; bear true faith and allegiance to the US Constitution. PERIOD Nothing more. Nothing less.
Then comes the part about obeying the orders of the US President and officers appointed over you. There is no PERIOD here. The oath dealing with obeying orders goes on to say, "...according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."
The Constitution comes before anything else in that oath. Defending the Constitution doesn't come with any stipulations or according to's. When someone says Obama, or anyone for that matter, is going against the Constitution and they are trying to destroy the principles in that important document that is the foundation of our liberties and freedoms, I hope you research what they say and try to understand how important it is to understand what is happening to this country. Just something to think about.
"I, (NAME), 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; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."