Is he POTUS? The colonel wants to know
By Rich Luongo
Whether or not a certain Army officer believes Obama is eligible to sit in the White House, the man is sitting in the Oval Office and he is commander-in-chief of the military, until proven otherwise. So this officer must obey all orders Obama gives, even if the officer, or any other military officer, feels otherwise. Obama is the commander-in-chief and he is the President...unless it's found he isn't.
Army Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin has vowed not to obey military orders until Obama shows he is a constitutionally-eligible president to sit in the Oval Office. As a result of his comments, the Army has threatened to jail Lakin and to dismiss him.
Lakin has been ordered to report to Fort Campbell, Ky. on April 12 and, according to a letter he received from the Army, "Failure to follow your reassignment and/or deployment orders may result in adverse action including court-martial."
In the letter, articles 86, 87, and 88 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice were quoted. These articles cite being missing, disobeying an order, and contempt, which — if found guilty — "you could be sentenced to dismissal from the service … forfeiture of all pay and allowances; and confinement for a period of months or years in a military prison."
However, Lakin is allegedly being supported by "hundreds" of people who have donated to his legal defense fund. Lakin said he decided not to obey orders after he said he unsuccessfully went through channels to get the same verification from the president that he said he has been required to provide during his 18-year military career.
Being a member of the military, he is under orders to obey the commander-in-chief. If he doesn't believe the chief is the current sitting president he can't just disobey orders. He must go through channels to unseat the president. Lakin doesn't have the luxury other citizens of the United States have. We can yell and bitch all we want because we are not members of the military.
That's the way it is, Colonel. You can't change the system your way. You have to change the system within the system. That's the American way.
But what a helluva mess we'll have if it's shown Obama is not legally POTUS.
Mr. Luongo,
You're wrong. Military personnel are obliged to follow lawful orders only. It is our duty to disobey unlawful orders.
Obama is proven illegitimate. Obama is an impostor commander in chief.
Here endth the lesson,
/s/
Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III
United States Navy Retired
United States Naval Academy Class of 1975
The JAG HUNTER (http://thejaghunter.wordpress.com
Posted by: Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III | 04/13/2010 at 07:16 AM