West Point, the military training institution, has something called “Constitution Corner” where various plaques celebrating the principles of the Constitution are posted. This one is outright seditious.
The United States boldly broke with the ancient military custom of swearing loyalty to a leader. Article VI required that American Officers thereafter swear loyalty to our basic law, the Constitution
While many other nations have suffered military coups, the United States never has. Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law. Many other nations have adopted our principle of loyalty to the basic law.
This nation must have military leaders of principle and integrity so strong that their oaths to support and defend the Constitution will unfailingly govern their actions. The purpose of the United States Military Academy is to provide such leaders of character.
That is definitely antifa.
Kegseth should look into having that removed and a picture of Dear Leader put in its place.
That spirit is precisely what the summoning of generals and admirals to be hectored by Trump and Hegseth, was intended to undermine. I doubt whether senior miltary officers like to be humiliated in this way (or if they do, it’s a purely leisure-time actiuvity!), so I do wonder whether there were any subsequent and surreptitious contacts among those summoned, concerning the circumstances under which to refuse illegal orders, or even act to protect the Constitution – and indeed themselves – against the regime.
I wonder when this was composed. It sounds like a response to the “Nuremberg defence” – “I was only following orders”.
Clause 3 of article 6 is just a general admonition to uphold the constitution, nothing specific about military leaders.
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