Army Lieutenant buys Liberal lies

Having been very busy for the last couple days, I haven't jumped online much at all.

Imagine my surprise when I sat down, and read some news for the first time in apparently too long, to find that Michelle Malkin is reporting and following the Mil bloggers reports that an Army Lieutenant has decided that he can't go to Iraq, it's an illegal war of occupation in his young experience.

Friends, I could parrot those who are leading on this story, instead I am going to offer a commentary. A commentary about this Lieutenant, and others who have been sucked into the easy idealism of the hipper than thou crowd of Hate America First folks.

The Left likes to use cool conspiracy theory to try and stake their claim that Conservatives, and Republicans are evil. They stake great faith in people who make wild lies and accusations about a conservative ideal or principal. Some of the Left's greatest hero's whom this Lieutenant will join include Jimmy Massey, Jesse Macbeth, and Joe Wilson. One interesting thing about the Left's Anti-War hero's, they are all demonstrated liars. Joe Wilson lied about the conclusions of his visit, who sent him, and what he was sent to do in the first place. Jimmy Massey lied about his actions in Iraq, and was debunked by Reporters who were there, and fellow members of his unit. Jesse Macbeth lied about his service. Of course, the Lefties when faced with facts demonstrating the lies of their hero's, react like children, and scream that they are telling the truth, the whole world is lying.

From the Seattle Times: In January, Watada told his commanders that he believed that the war was unlawful, and therefore, so were his deployment orders. He did not, however, consider himself a conscientious objector, since he was willing to fight in wars that were justified, legal and in defense of the nation.

So now, when we deliberate military action in the future. As I understand it, we have to first, consult the President, second, consult Congress, and then, consult Lieutenant Watada. That is patently stupid.

Mr. Watada, your proposed defense is problematic, to say the least. You see, the Constitution, you know, that document you swore to uphold, defend, and support, says the President is the Commander and Chief of the Military. It also states that the Congress shall be empowered To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

Since Lieutenant Watada joined the Army, he swore to obey orders, when he had no intent to do so. When Lieutenant Watada is sentenced after being Courts Martialed and most definitely found guilty, he can hold his head high as a Martyr to the cause of Left Wing Wackos. Unlike civilian Courts, Military Courts have much stricter evidence rules, and the civilian Lawyers retained by Lieutenant Watada may not understand that the Military Court isn't going to sit back while conspiracy theory is portrayed as concrete evidence. In the end, Lieutenant Watada will be convicted because he won't be able to demonstrate that the deployment of the military, under the Constitutional Authority of the President, acting as Commander in Chief, is unlawful.

This Lieutenant is going to find out he has allied himself with the wrong friends, and while George W. Bush may not be "his President" he is THE President. You don't have to like the person who commands you in the Military. You don't even have to respect the PERSON who is giving the orders. You will respect the authority of the person, the position of the person, and the orders of the person will be followed period.

An illegal order, for clarification to the inevitable left wing loonie who drops in here would be firing on a school yard full of children. An illegal order would be to deny medical care, or otherwise harm an enemy combatant who is not resisting. The Lieutenant would be well within his rights to refuse such an order. To go and serve is NOT an illegal order, it is inherently legal, and Constitutional in nature.

UPDATE: Hot Air has this as it's video blog today.

Conservative Truthers on Display.

Truthers, the often maligned, and properly maligned, group that claims that 9-11 was an inside job to help the Military Industrial Complex get another war going have found friends on the Right. These people believe that President Obama is not an American Citizen, and thus ineligible for the Presidency. 

This time, it's an Army Officer who is refusing to follow President Obama's orders because of the constitutional question. 

A U.S. soldier on active duty in Iraq has called President Obama an "impostor" in a statement in which he affirmed plans to join as plaintiff in a challenge to Obama's eligibility to be commander in chief.

This Lieutenant, much like Lieutenant Watada, should spend more time learning his trade as an Officer. The Constitution, nor the Military Regulations, gives you the authority to question such things. 

First of all, President Obama is the President of the United States. End of discussion. The argument is silly beyond that. If as the proponents of this theory state, President Obama was not born in the United States, then it is still not relevant in my humble opinion. The laws in force at the time may indeed have said that his Mother was too young to transfer citizenship. However, the laws were asinine then, and have since been corrected. 

I railed against Lieutenant Watada because of one simple thing. It is his sworn duty to obey his orders, providing they are legal and lawful. Trying to find some asinine loophole is stupid. Illegal orders are usually pretty obvious, because soldiers are taught what is legal, and what isn't. Firing on a group of civilians is illegal. Firing on a group of people in civilian clothing with weapons who are making hostile moves towards you, including aiming and or firing at  you is absolutely legal. 

Lieutenant Easterling will be charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and found guilty, for making disloyal statements, and conduct unbecomming an Officer, and probably failure to obey the lawful orders of his commander in chief. He'll be discharged dishonorably, just as Lieutenant Watada is destined to be. 

The Watada case is currently in Legal Limbo, because the Federal Court has decided it has jurisdiction. It doesn't really. There is no grounds for the claim of the Federal Court. A mistrial is just that. Some violation of the rules has made it impossible for a jury to make a decision. The case is retried, and essentially the case is done over. 

That is normal, and no mistrial before has ever been ruled to be a double jeopardy violation. That comes from being found innocent, and then being retried for the same charges. Additionally, the Federal Court is not part of the appeals process in the Military. It goes from the Courts Martial, to the Commander, to the Court of Military Appeals, and then to the Supreme Court, and is judged not by Civilian Law, but by Military Regulations. 

The Courts Martial of Lieutenant Watada will pick up, and he'll be found guilty. The Courts Martial of Lieutenant Easterling will start before long, and he'll be found guilty. The basic facts are not in dispute, and that means that the Officers in Question did knowingly violate the Military Regulations. 

People, let this nonsense go. We have a ton of issues that really deserve our attention. We have issues that go beyond our political parties, and we're left squabbling about nonsense while the real damage is done to our nation. 

Helping the Liberals understand the case of Lieutenant Watada

Lieutenant Watada has been charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) which is the law that all service people live under. The specifics of the charge are fairly simple, and frankly, Lieutenant Watada is going to be sentenced to Prison, and receive a Dishonorable Discharge. That by the way means a Felony Conviction, which will affect Lieutenant Watada for the rest of his life.

Lieutenant Watada will be tried under MILITARY COURTS, which do not have Civillian rules of evidence, or Civillian rules of conduct. In other words, you can't chase rabbits down Alice's hole to see how far the hole goes. The questions that are going to be asked are 1) Did you do this? 2) Were you informed that this was illegal under the UCMJ? When the answers to both are yes, that pretty much ends the discussion.

The Liberals are very confused, even the former Military Liberals (of which there are a few) aren't helping matters with the Delusional ones. Perhaps the former Military folks on the Liberal side don't remember some of the details of a Courts Martial proceeding. First, you don't get to appeal the ruling to the Federal Appeals Courts, you appeal it to the US Court of Military Appeals, which again looks at the decision based upon Military Laws. If you appeal it beyond that, to the US Supreme Court, then you are still judged not by Civillian Courts, or Civillian laws, you are again judged based upon Military Law, if your case is accepted, which most aren't.

Even Human Rights watch understands the Military law, somewhat, by comparing the rights accused Military people get with the Detained Terrorists at Club Gitmo.

Lieutenant Watada is charged, will be tried, convicted, and sentenced under the laws he swore to obey when he accepted his commission. He listened to Liberals and bought the lies that they tell and now will be punished by the community he thought he was going to join.

Hot Air is tracking this as well.

Think before you speak

With the prevalence of online postings, including blogs like this one. It's easy for people to write things that they will later regret. Honestly, not all the posts I write are published online. I am unable to find words and phrases that I am comfortable with on some subjects, or the thoughts I have aren't something that I can write well enough.

Yet with Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, and other communication tools available, it is no wonder that some people just go wild and post the first thing that comes into their little minds. I thought of this yesterday when I read Jim Carrey's asinine musings on gun control. It was driven home this morning when I read this story.

To summarize. A Lieutenant of the New York Fire Department had been posting ethnic and racial slurs on his twitter account. When a reporter for the Daily Mail, he broke down and cried because he knew that an investigation from the Fire Department would result in his termination. Now, he knew instantly what the result would be if he was found out, and who doesn't get found out, but he did it anyway.

Now the difference between these two incidents is obvious. First, Jim Carrey is a Hollywood star, or was one once, and in the circles he runs in insulting Conservatives is a career booster. On the other hand, Lieutenant Timothy Dluhos insulted minorities, and the Mayor of New York, which is a career killer.

So Mom's advice to children, think before you speak, seems to be as good advice today as it ever was.