{"id":64735,"date":"2016-03-08T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=64735"},"modified":"2016-03-08T08:51:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T13:51:27","slug":"donald-trump-and-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=64735","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump and the military"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several days ago, during one of the debates, presidential candidate Donald trump made this comment about his anticipated relationship with the Defense Department, according to the Washington Post<\/a>;<\/p>\n

\u201cThey won\u2019t refuse,\u201d Trump said during Thursday\u2019s debate on Fox News. \u201cThey\u2019re not going to refuse me, believe me. If I say do it, they\u2019re going to do it. That\u2019s what leadership is all about.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, if he’s talking about issuing illegal orders, he’s wrong. The leaders in the Pentagon all the way down to the lowest shit-burning private have a duty to disobey illegal orders. In the Post, they quote Retired Army Lieutenant General Mark Hertling who agrees with me;<\/p>\n

\u201cSomebody needs to remind Mr. Trump that the military is not his palace guards,\u201d Hertling said. \u201cThey take an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic. They also abide by the rules \u2014 not only of the uniform code of military justice, the UCMJ \u2014 but they also abide by the U.N. mandate against torture and the Geneva Convention protocols against torture.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Trump doesn’t understand that the members of the military, individually swear allegiance to the Constitution and our system of laws, not to a single personality like the President;<\/p>\n

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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve said since Trump got into the race for the presidency, that he doesn’t understand the limits of the office and the statement above proves that, if he really believes it. But, then I don’t believe he’s even serious about most of the things he says. If you think that you’re going to get the same Trump that is a candidate when he’s elected, you’re in for a surprise.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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