tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362663422037727028.post4119234814130754950..comments2024-03-25T14:09:25.720-05:00Comments on The Old Jarhead: Political Digest for February 16, 2012Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362663422037727028.post-81786882697531942682012-02-17T13:15:37.534-06:002012-02-17T13:15:37.534-06:00Hi, Old Jarhead, and thank you!
Here's a comm...Hi, Old Jarhead, and thank you!<br /><br />Here's a comment-and-question I'm asking of all the veterans who have blogs.<br /><br />I had a really frightening thought the other night: Just suppose Obama orders the military to do something that's beyond his authority as commander in chief, or beyond the constitutional limits of the power of the armed forces.<br />It seems to me that our people have only two choices: follow their oath to preserve the Consitution, or follow orders from the C-in-C. This would be an swful dilemma, a bit like that in which Robert E. Lee found himself in 1861.<br />What do you think they will do?<br /><br />Even scarier: do you think Obama might order our Armed Forces people to take an oath of personal loyalty to him (as Hitler did), and if he did -- I wouldn't put it past him -- what would our troops do?<br /><br />I will greatly appreciate any thoughts you may have on this. That man scares the hell out of me.Old Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01678341854029479678noreply@blogger.com