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 (DIR) Post #AaH2whgwIGEvnwScMq by skykiss@sfba.social
       2023-09-29T22:08:09Z
       
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       We don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator!“We are unique among the world’s militaries,” Milley said. “We don’t take an oath to a country, we don’t take an oath to a tribe, we don’t take an oath to a religion. We don’t take an oath to a king, or a queen, or a tyrant or a dictator.”“And we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator,”  “We take an oath to the Constitution and we take an oath to the idea that is America – and we’re willing to die to protect it.”It’s a line General Milley has delivered before but he chose to use it Friday standing alongside President Biden during a national address – his last as the president’s top military adviser and the nation’s top general.https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/29/politics/milley-trump-wannabe-dictator/index.html
       
 (DIR) Post #Ad7CSAeBR48kqKTr7Y by skydog@sfba.social
       2023-09-30T17:14:10Z
       
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       @skykiss Actually, Milley is wrong in one regard.  The enlisted oath does swear allegiance to the orders of the President.  This needs to be changed.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."I should note that the officer's oath does not include that provision, and EVERY officer is expected to review an order against its Constitutionality before following it, or ordering it to be followed.  Some officers actually take that part quite seriously.  Some others, not so much.