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atreides1

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2. That's a difficult question!
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 03:24 PM
Dec 2015



"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;


If the president violates the Constitution, is the military still required to:


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. So help me God."


How does one bear true faith and allegiance, if one follows an order that violates your word?

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