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digitaldiscipline
digitaldiscipline... I booed part of the oath of service for the U.S. armed forces (they make a spectacle of it at hockey games here, which I think is pretty tacky to begin with).
Any service folks, active or former, care to shed some light on whether or not any part of this oath is more important than the others, as far as interpretation? Because I know where my feelings as a citizen and patriot lie, and that informs my actions and reactions.
To me, the President is not above the Constitution; that office is defined, created, and goverened by it.
Any service folks, active or former, care to shed some light on whether or not any part of this oath is more important than the others, as far as interpretation? Because I know where my feelings as a citizen and patriot lie, and that informs my actions and reactions.
"I, ______________, 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."[from http://train.missouri.org/~emgeer/oathservice.html]
To me, the President is not above the Constitution; that office is defined, created, and goverened by it.
