Posted on 04/16/2010 12:08:52 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
A Camp Pendleton Marine whose Facebook posts ignited a debate about whether active duty troops are allowed to criticize the president of the United States says he intends to keep posting his views on the Web.
Camp Pendleton Marine whose Facebook posts ignited a debate about whether active duty troops are allowed to criticize the president of the United States says he intends to keep posting his views on the Web.
Sgt. Gary Stein created the Facebook group "Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots" three weeks ago as a way to voice his opposition to President Obama's health care overhaul. On Tuesday, prior to a cable TV interview, superior officers asked the 24-year-old Marine to review the Department of Defense directives on political activities. Stein then removed the Facebook group, only to see it revived by a civilian member of a local Tea Party group hours later.
...Stein says he respects Obama and will follow any order handed down by his commander in chief, but he plans to continue to voice his opinion on Facebook. He said he has contacted an attorney who told him he has committed no wrongdoing.
"I'm speaking as Gary Stein, not as Sgt. Gary Stein," he told FoxNews.com. "I just want to give my daughter the greatest country that we can, just like my parents gave me. I want her to inherit the America I know we can be."
Stein, who lives in Temecula, Calif., with his wife, Ashley, and their 2-year-old daughter, said he will still contribute to the Facebook group, but will do so in a more controlled fashion.
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Be careful Devil Dog! Semper Fi!
According to my son, a former officer, enlisted are not as incumbered as officers are. In any case, the oath is to uphold the Constitution, not individuals.
Happy to see him standing firm.
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