Breaking news: Our president is an impostor! US Citizen, ha! Fairy tale, America. At least that is what an Army Major claimed as his reason for not going to fight in Afghanistan. The fact that a “real” president, in that no one doubted his citizenship (being a WASP helps), started that war is not relevant, it seems.
Will Obama pull a Lincoln and grant this supposed conscientious objector a free pass even though he is insulting his legitimacy as president, or will he make it personal?
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The latest news is that the Major’s order to go to Afghanistan has been rescinded. Orly is claiming that this is a victory. But was it?
It would be interesting to find out on what date Major Cook received notice that he was no longer being asked to serve in Afghanistan and whether it was by telephone or a letter sent by snail mail, or whatever.
The date of the filing of the suit by Cook was July 9 (I have it at the 9th, though some say the 8th), which was last Thursday (or it could be Wednesday), and the earliest stories saying that he was no longer being asked to go were last night.
That is six days or seven, but two of them were weekend days. It is unlikely that the Army could have decided to make a change from “go to Afghanistan” to “don’t go to Afghanistan” in only four or five days. It just doesn’t work that fast.
And besides, Cook volunteered to go to Afghanistan in the first place. He volunteered for Afghanistan on May 8, meaning that he volunteered to serve in Afghanistan while Obama was president. http://www.newspapersites.net/newspaper/columbus-ledger-enquirer-1.asp