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Old 11-29-2006, 07:44 AM   #28 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
"I, ratbastid, 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."

Seems pretty cut and dry, to me.
What if you consider the orders you receive from the POTUS to be contrary to the Constitution? Basically what should a soldier do when he feels he cannot both obey the legitimate orders he received and defend the consitution from those orders which he, personally, considers to act as a domestic enemy to the Constitution
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