[CS-FSLUG] Very Disturbing

[Fred A. Miller]

1-28-09

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is extremely frustrated
with orders that the White House is contemplating.road
According to sources at the Pentagon, including all
branches of the armed forces, the Obama Administration may
break with a centuries-old tradition. A spokesman for
General James Cartwright, the Vice Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, states that the Obama Administration wants
to have soldiers and officers pledge a loyalty oath
directly to the office of the President, and no longer to
the Constitution.

“The oath to the Constitution is as old as the document
itself.” the spokesman said, “At no time in American
history, not even in the Civil War, did the oath change or
the subject of the oath differ. It has always been to the
Constitution.”

The back-and-forth between the White House and the Defense
Department was expected as President George W. Bush left
office. President Obama has already signed orders to close
Guantanamo and to pull combat troops from Iraq. But, this,
say many at the Defense Department, goes to far.

“Technically, we can’t talk about it before it becomes
official policy.” the spokesman continued. “However, the
Defense Department, including the Secretary, will not take
this laying down. Expect a fight from the bureaucracy and
the brass.”

Sources at the White House had a different point of view. In
a circular distributed by White House Press Secretary
Robert Gibbs, the rationale for the change was made more
clear.

“The President feels that the military has been too
indoctrinated by the old harbingers of hate: nationalism,
racism, and classism. By removing an oath to the American
society, the soldiers are less likely to commit atrocities
like those at Abu Ghraib.”

“We expect a lot of flak over this,” the classified memo
continues. “But those that would be most against it are
those looking either for attention or control.”

The time frame for the changes are unknown. However, it is
more likely that the changes will be made around the July
4th holiday, in order to dampen any potential backlash. The
difference in the oath will actually only be slight. The
main differences will be the new phrasing. It is expected
that the oath to the Constitution will be entirely phased
out within two years

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So, instead of loyalty to the Constitution and the nation,
they are to pledge loyalty to Obama? It is too similar to
Nazi Germany and the USSR.

This is a dangerous path he wants to take.

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