Birther army officer court marshalled for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan

[woolfe9999]

So this army Lt. Colonel is refusing orders to deploy because he believes the orders are illegal since, according to him, Obama was not born in the U.S.

This reminds me that irrational beliefs are not all just play acting, rhetoric, fun and games for the internet. Sometimes people make serious real life decisions based on them. This guy is getting court martialled and may get dishonorably discharged for refusing to follow orders.

Thoughts?

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/04/13/2267021.aspx

- wolf

 

[dainthomas]

Well, at least he's expressing his mental delusions in ways other than shooting a bunch of people on base or something.

 

[feralkid]

So this army Lt. Colonel is refusing orders to deploy because he believes the orders are illegal since, according to him, Obama was not born in the U.S.

This reminds me that irrational beliefs are not all just play acting, rhetoric, fun and games for the internet. Sometimes people make serious real life decisions based on them. This guy is getting court martialled and may get dishonorably discharged for refusing to follow orders.

Thoughts?

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/04/13/2267021.aspx

- wolf

As well he should.

/end thread.

 

[Jaskalas]

Well, at least he's expressing his mental delusions in ways other than shooting a bunch of people on base or something.

Being thrown out of the army could still lead to that.

 

[ShawnD1]

The Afghanistan campaign was started under Bush, so this doesn't really make sense.

 

[StageLeft]

He wasn't ordered by Obama so much as his immediate CO.

 

[woolfe9999]

The Afghanistan campaign was started under Bush, so this doesn't really make sense.

But Obama ordered the surge, and his deployment is part of that surge.

- wolf

 

[xj0hnx]

He wasn't ordered by Obama so much as his immediate CO.

His colonel didn't just pull the order out of his ass, but the president doesn't deploy a specific unit anywhere.

 

[xj0hnx]

But Obama ordered the surge, and his deployment is part of that surge.

- wolf

[taps sarcasm meter]

 

[Sinsear]

He's a coward.



/thread

 

[woolfe9999]

He's a coward.



/thread

Maybe he wants to get out of the army sooner so he can start a more lucrative private medical practice? Honestly, I'd rather think that than think he is actually trashing his career because he believes in something that is the epistemological equivalent of believing in visitations by ET.

- wolf

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Idiots are frustrating, but gad, they can be amusing as hell at times.

 

[yllus]

Can't they make a fun example out of him? Bust him down to private and give him lavatory cleaning duties?

 

[woolfe9999]

Can't they make a fun example out of him? Bust him down to private and give him lavatory cleaning duties?

Presumably, he would refuse to clean the lavatory as the illegal order of a Kenyan Marxist.

- wolf

 

[Siddhartha]

He is not the first soldier to refuse to obey an order and he will get court marshalled which is what usually happens in these cases.

 

[werepossum]

The amusing thing is that McCain was definitely born outside the USA, so no matter what the outcome of 2008, this guy's situation (though probably not his reaction) would have been the same.

 

[woolfe9999]

He is not the first soldier to refuse to obey an order and he will get court marshalledwhich is what usually happens in these cases.

Doh! How do I edit the thread title to fix my misspelling of this word?

- Wolf

 

[blackangst1]

He's a coward.



/thread

A Lt Col? have you seen his decorations?...I doubt he's a coward.

Stupid move on his part? For sure. But not a coward.

 

[blackangst1]

Doh! How do I edit the thread title to fix my misspelling of this word?

- Wolf

In the main forum, click your thread in the title bar, but not on the title. It should highlight.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

The amusing thing is that McCain was definitely born outside the USA, so no matter what the outcome of 2008, this guy's situation (though probably not his reaction) would have been the same.

Both sides have their extremists. This guy wants to be a martyr. So be it. This can be punished by imprisonment. Maybe he can be a hero to those behind bars.

Nuts grow on both the Left and Right side of the tree.

 

[woolfe9999]

In the main forum, click your thread in the title bar, but not on the title. It should highlight.

Thanks. That wasn't at all intuitive, but quite elegant and easy once you know how to do it.

- wolf

 

[fallout man]

A Lt Col? have you seen his decorations?...I doubt he's a coward.

Stupid move on his part? For sure. But not a coward.

Yeeeeep. He was there when John F. Kerry got his purple heart.

 

[piasabird]

Well he could probably resign and just lose his retirement, or spend some time at Fort Leavenworth. It would make more sense if he said that there was no state of war and he refuses to defend the poppy fields. I have no wish to defend a Muslim State with the blood of Americans. Maybe we can attack militant training camps but it is not worth trying to fix everything in Afghanistan or Iraq. We had a chance to try to fix Afghanistan and President Bush attacked Iraq instead. I thought that was a bozo idea. With Iran supplying extremists and supporting terrorists, it is a waste of time without getting rid of the leadership in Iran. Iran is the active force that is disrupting that entire region. Cut the head off of the Snake first.

I lost all respect for the Army since they let a Muslim Militant kill people and refused to call him a Terrorists! The Army is Sick and needs to be cleaned out.

 

[feralkid]

Doh! How do I edit the thread title to fix my misspelling of this word?

- Wolf

WTF?

You had it closer originally.

The term is "Court-Martial".

Plural is "Courts-Martial".


I

 

[woolfe9999]

WTF?

You had it closer originally.

The term is "Court-Martial".

Plural is "Courts-Martial".


I

LOL. How is the past tense spelled?

- wolf