It's not patriotism. He's negecting his duty of which he agreed to uphold. He would have probably have had a better chance of getting out of going by claiming he was gay or had a man as a lover.
Oh yeah, I'm not Tim either :) > "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." (Title 10, US Code; Act > of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment > effective 5 October 1962). > > "I, _____ (SSAN), having been appointed an officer in the Army 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 reservations 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." (DA Form 71, 1 August 1959, for > officers.) > > > I think deploymeny orders, even to Iraq, are legal according to the > Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). It is orders he is given once > there that he can consider illegal or contientiously object to. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210051 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
