"James Silverton" wrote in message
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> William wrote on Fri, 9 May 2008 15:02:02 +0100:
>
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>> "James Silverton" wrote in
>> message news:VmYUj.2$5Y1.0@trnddc04...
>>> William wrote on Fri, 9 May 2008 09:53:17 +0100:
>>>
>>>> "Mike...." wrote in
>>>> message news:1qdnqnq359yh4$.lx40gnwcr3x7.dlg@40tude.net...
>>>>> Following up to Jean O'Boyle
>>>>>
>>>>>> Congress does
>>>>>> make the laws and no ONE person can trash our
>>>>>> Constitution.
>>>>>
>>>>> constitution? Why are americans constitution obsessed?
>>>
>>>> Because it provides the framework for the organization of
>>>> the US government and is the supreme law of our country.
>>>
>>>> ----------------------
>>>
>>>> Things change.
>>>
>>>> You're stuck with a leader who has the powers of an
>>>> eighteenth century king, everybody else has moved on a
>>>> bit...
>>>
>>> Have any of you ever looked at US Oaths of Office? Here is
>>> the beginning of the current oath of enlistment and oath for
>>> commissioned officers; note the pre-eminence of the
>>> Constitution.
>>>
>>> :
>>> "I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) 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."
>
>> Who cares?
>
> At least 300 million people and also furrinners who wondered what is was
> that Americans were loyal to.
I doubt that very much.
That oath also denies the officers of a foreign army the right to command US
soldiers, but there's no shortage of US soldiers serving under foreign
generals.
As far as I'm aware only one US soldier has refused foreign command, when
on a UN assignment, they court martialed him...
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
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