A decorated Army doctor who publicly announced last month that he is refusing to follow orders because he believes Barack Obama may be ineligible to be president is now under investigation after failing to report for duty at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, a military spokesman tells TPMmuckraker.
The case of Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin has become an instant cause célèbre for Birthers since he declared in a YouTube video and press release late last month that he would refuse orders to deploy for a second tour in Afghanistan until Obama produces his birth certificate.
Terry Lakin will find out that beliefs and facts are two very different things and in the end his courts-martial will be his own public humiliation for believing something he can not prove. I would love to be there during the military trial and find out what facts he has, internet gossip? Let's face it no one will take the Birthers seriously until they win a case, but until then, they will continue to appear dumb, crazy or racist, or maybe all three. The old GOP Confederacy, that is what these liars want, good luck with that.
ReplyDeleteI am a retired USAF MSgt. If I was still active duty, and worked in close proximity of Lt Col Larkin, I probably will be court martialed right alone side of him. Not for agreeing with him, not for refusing to deploy. Simply refusing to salute him and acknowledge and execute his orders, simply for gross disrespect to an officer. This man should be punished severely, should be made an example, spend considerable amount of time in Leavenworth military jail.
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