Subj : Democrat Protesters
To   : Dan Cross
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Thu Jun 04 2020 03:34 am

Hello Dan,

>LL>The wordings of the current oath of enlistment and oath for
>LL>commissioned officers are as follows:
>
>Actually, the oath of office is slightly different:
>
>"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; 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 on which
> I
>am about to enter: So help me God."
>
>(You can omit the "so help me god" part if you want.)

In both, the Constitution is listed first in their oath.

Commander-in-Chief is a military rank. The president is C-in-C.
As such, he can be held accountable for his actions under the Code
of Military Justice. At least in theory.

>Whenever I did someone's reenlistment, I would ask them
>ahead of time whether they wanted to swear or affirm and
>whether they wanted the god part.

Did you allow them to hold a bible upside down? What Trump did
many consider sacrilegious - ordered active military to open fire
on peaceful, nonviolent protesters (including women and children)
so he could create a photo-op for himself in front of a church,
and later at a religious shrine, both places uninvited. While
in front of the church, he held a bible upside down while making
insane remarks about "law and order", despite all the chaos he
himself had created.

What he did was clearly unconstitutional, and possibly illegal.
But he will never apologize for any of his actions, no matter how
reprehensible or despicable they may be.

--Lee

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