Comments for The White Papers http://thewhitepapers.net Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:19:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Semper Fidelis – Tested by Doug White http://thewhitepapers.net/semper-fidelis-tested/comment-page-1#comment-40901 Doug White Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:19:19 +0000 http://thewhitepapers.net/?p=267#comment-40901 Bush did not authorize the mistreatment of those soldiers as seen by those pictures - the way they were humilated and such. He may have approved of the CIA interrogations but he did not approve of the excessive humilation and mistreatment of them. But he was the Commander in Chief and as such he was and should be held accountable. Additionally, Barack Obama is the Commander in Chief and as such should be held accountable for the military's actions now. But liberals tend to not see things this way. You and I have debated OWS before - so not sure how much I want to go into this again - but I see OWS as an attempt to - in essence - mutiny against our government because of a misbegotten idea that the government has not given people what they deserve. I am okay with civil disobedience which is what OWS is - as long as it is understood that civil disobedience comes with a price. Marines - and any military person - do NOT have the right to be civilly disobedient to their government. You have sworn an oath to serve this country and it's leaders. You can voice an opinion - sure - but you do not have a right to stand against it. Any military person who does so is going against the oath they swore when joining. I find huge problems with that. Bush did not authorize the mistreatment of those soldiers as seen by those pictures – the way they were humilated and such. He may have approved of the CIA interrogations but he did not approve of the excessive humilation and mistreatment of them. But he was the Commander in Chief and as such he was and should be held accountable. Additionally, Barack Obama is the Commander in Chief and as such should be held accountable for the military’s actions now. But liberals tend to not see things this way.

You and I have debated OWS before – so not sure how much I want to go into this again – but I see OWS as an attempt to – in essence – mutiny against our government because of a misbegotten idea that the government has not given people what they deserve. I am okay with civil disobedience which is what OWS is – as long as it is understood that civil disobedience comes with a price.

Marines – and any military person – do NOT have the right to be civilly disobedient to their government. You have sworn an oath to serve this country and it’s leaders. You can voice an opinion – sure – but you do not have a right to stand against it. Any military person who does so is going against the oath they swore when joining. I find huge problems with that.

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