Oh cut it out. There are other medical personnel available, and one will take his place. Good grief.
He’s fighting a good fight, and he’d doing it on Constitutional grounds.
Nope, I don’t approve of someone, no matter the rank, shirking his duty to the troops. I think it comes before his principles. Passing his medical responsibilities off to another is not right in my book, it still takes one doctor with good experience out of the pivture. He should have started this as soon as he found out about or had questions about Obama or resigned his commision. Why wait until this March? He could have refused orders to the Pentagon couldn’t he?
Yes, one will take his place. Some other flight surgeon who just did a 15-18 month tour will be told to pack his bags. Or some other flight surgeon who's anxiously waiting to get back to his family will be told he's gotta stick around a while. And whoever is "voluntold" to step up and fill Lakin's spot is a true patriot.
Lakin is weaseling out of his deployment. He's no different than those service members who squirmed away from their commitments due to "Bush's illegal war" and he deserves nothing but contempt and disgust.