The oath of enlistment into every branch of the US armed services is:
I, (yournamehere), do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
(that's for active duty and reserve, national guard is a bit different, as you have to swear allegiance to the state government as well - anyway the important part is "defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic" - that line orders all enlistees to march on Washington DC)
@blackacidlizzard So, any true patriot is likely to be prosecuted (or simply shot down) as a traitor as long as the prevailing government policies (regardless of party) continue to prevail.
@blackacidlizzard Thanks for the clarification. It occurs to me that the promise to obey the orders of the President and those of one's "superior" officers and the promise to support and defend the constitution can be (and, these days, most probably are) in conflict. I wonder how such a conflict is supposed to be resolved.
Yeah, as I said in my continuation, the oath commands every enlistee to set forth to overthrow the federal government. Everyone who takes the oath is either lying or even more of an ignorant moron than I was when I took it.
You should set this as a response to some pro army patriot video for the lulz
InvincibleNumanist 2 weeks ago
Pardon my ignorance -- and my not being American ;-) -- but what is the oath?
NoDeity 2 months ago
@CanukDude ;p
The oath of enlistment into every branch of the US armed services is:
I, (yournamehere), do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
blackacidlizzard 2 months ago
@blackacidlizzard
(that's for active duty and reserve, national guard is a bit different, as you have to swear allegiance to the state government as well - anyway the important part is "defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic" - that line orders all enlistees to march on Washington DC)
blackacidlizzard 2 months ago
@blackacidlizzard So, any true patriot is likely to be prosecuted (or simply shot down) as a traitor as long as the prevailing government policies (regardless of party) continue to prevail.
NoDeity 2 months ago
@blackacidlizzard Thanks for the clarification. It occurs to me that the promise to obey the orders of the President and those of one's "superior" officers and the promise to support and defend the constitution can be (and, these days, most probably are) in conflict. I wonder how such a conflict is supposed to be resolved.
NoDeity 2 months ago
@NoDeity
Yeah, as I said in my continuation, the oath commands every enlistee to set forth to overthrow the federal government. Everyone who takes the oath is either lying or even more of an ignorant moron than I was when I took it.
blackacidlizzard 2 months ago
"if the oath had been upheld
this would be a less tragic song"
no shit, huh.
i enjoyed that, thanks for sharing.
onlywhenprovoked 2 months ago
@onlywhenprovoked
Man, I still remember the visions flashing through my head as I took the oath for the first time.
Ted Kennedy was hung and disemboweled, Chuck Schumer's corpse was draped across a window and burning.
LOL
blackacidlizzard 2 months ago