That's what you get for speaking truth in the Kingdom of Lies.
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Any more of that fat bastard, chances of mutiny will grow higher, not just one any individual.
Land of the free. Home of the slave
Only one out of 350k-380k commissioned officers is actually keeping their word and defending the constitution.
I wonder which of our allies we're going to start bombing first?
define "allies" lol
does the US have any of those?
Fine, "I wonder which of our more reliable victims we're going to start bombing first?"
I don't think enough people inside of and outside the USA truly comprehend how bad things actually are already and where they're heading towards.
My money is on Mexico, and probably before the midterms. It'll be sold as "unilateral anti cartel action"
Canada in 2028.
Ah yeah, I can definitely see Mexico. Do they have any form of anti-air weaponry?
This temu fucking dictatorship I swear to god they're too incompetent to even do fascism right.
Air Force Major Jason Watson
Just a reminder that the enlisted and officer oaths are different, and could be a factor here. Notably that officers do not swear an oath to follow the orders of the President like the enlisted do.
A Major would be an Officer (O-4).
The Oath of Enlistment (for enlisted):
"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."
The Oath of Office (for officers):
"I, _____ (SSAN), having been appointed an officer in the _____ (Military Branch) of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God."
Even an enlisted person has the right and duty to disobey unlawful orders.
Enlisted are still oath-bound to engage Trump the same way they do any other enemy of the US.
They are also obligated to follow his orders, but only if those orders are legal. While fucking bonkers that the same oath requires them to do both, it isn't actually a conflict: they can still follow legal orders while taking measures to depose him. Hell, they can even follow those legal orders posthumously. But that doesn't free them from their duty to defend us against domestic enemies like Trump. Their inaction thus far is a violation of their oath and dereliction of their duty.
Correct reading as to "legal orders": the oath itself, while binding to the president's orders, does not make it unconditional: it explicitly subjects that binding to a limit: "according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice".
This means that enlisted personnel have the right, and in fact, the obligation, to refuse following unlawful orders.
Unfortunately, Article 133 can do a lot of heavy lifting.
Yeah I remember officers having their careers ended for criticizing Bush. Word was that troops were prohibited from that type of activity, officers especially so.
Anyone can get a comment from Musk about total freedom speech or some shit? It looks like they're best pals with Trump again.
Sorry bro. Free speech only applies to racism.
You can tell he's actively shitting his pants in the thumbnail
I thank you for pointing that out. I can't stand looking at images of him for more than a very quick glance at most. Your comment made me look a tiny bit longer, jist enough to see what you've mentioned but not a nanosecond longer, and while that tiny bit longer was horrible it was also nice because you're probably right. Thinking of how much it must hurt his ego to be forced to do that without any control of when and where, which means it's sometimes in situations like this where everyone can see it.
That’s the look he gets when the turd is crowning.
...please trip, please trip, please trip...
Vote for your favorite punctuation:
- U.S. Airman, Arrested Over Call to Impeach Trump, Is Detained Again
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Land Of The Free(TM)
Fee*
Common misunderstanding.
Yep. And the home of the depraved*
*sheds a single tear*
...
*gets arrested for crying on public property without a permit, charged with bioterrorism for assaulting an officer with a biohazardous tear*
Yeah, maybe I shouldn't have ever been hopeful or proud of this country because of its past, but I used to feel like it was getting better and I was hopeful. All gone now... Hoping to get it back some day but not holding my breath.
Same boat. It really looked like we were making progress one baby step at a time. Then we threw it in the trash practically overnight.
One step forward, full sprint until total muscle failure back.
I'll admit this wave of democratic socialists finding success does have me coming out of that shell a bit, but god damnit I should know better...
Yeah, exactly, to all this... Nothing more to add
hits bong US has an Air Man? What’s his power?
No shit, FLIGHT?!
You should hear what they call members of the navy.
Beans?
When I was really bored (everyday that ends with a y) when I was in service, I'd do random searches of the DOD email directory.
There were more than one person with the last name of Puddle in the US Navy during the 00's. I often wonder what their recruiters were thinking and if everyone was screaming at each other "Don't fucking tell them their title, not yet!"
Merfolk
Americans don't have the president they want, but they have the president they deserve.
Except of course people like this guy, who has actually tried to do something, but apparently nobody or too few are backing him up to make a difference.
No one deserves Donald Trump except the people voted for him.
Where you at?