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To: JimRed
enlisted oath creates a conflict

The officer's oath, when honored, removes the possibility of a conflict. The enlisted personnel carry out any order they receive without questioning the order’s constitutionality. The job of determining constitutionality is the job of the officers.

20 posted on 10/01/2013 1:46:53 PM PDT by MosesKnows (Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe.)
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To: MosesKnows
The job of determining constitutionality is the job of the officers.

But when those officers have been selected and promoted based on political reliability...they can be trusted about as much as the regime.

24 posted on 10/02/2013 6:10:18 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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