new military oath????
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:31 pm
don’t know if this is true, but if it is, we are going to loose this country. This crap needs to stop NOW!
>
>>
>>
>> Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is extremely frustrated with orders
>> that
>> the White House is contemplating. 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 too 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.
>>
>
>>
>>
>> Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is extremely frustrated with orders
>> that
>> the White House is contemplating. 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 too 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.
>>