One Small Step for a Man, one Giant Step for Mankind?

A Major in the U.S. Army reserves, currently residing in Florida, received his orders for deployment to Afghanistan. He had since sued against his deployment, saying that because there was not, in his mind, substantial proof of Obama being born in the U.S., which would therefore render him Constitutionally unable to occupy the position of Commander in Chief, he does not have to obey his marching orders.

When I had first read about this, I figured the guy probably just didn't want to go to Afghanistan (and I don't blame him) where more soldiers have died in the first half of the month than the first month of U.S. troop presence in Iraq. Secondly, I wondered what the military does with such cases, when it is obvious the person doesn't want to contribute, but does continue to receive military benefits. Instead of next receiving a notification for a dishonorable discharge, or ten lashes, his orders were revoked, no questions asked! This has a number of potential ramifications.

Can any soldier now use this excuse, albeit an apparently good one, to refuse service in Afghanistan or anywhere else Mr. Obama decides to spread peace? More importantly, it means that, as Dr. Orly Taitz, Maj. Cook's lawyer said, "the military has nothing to show for Obama. It means that the military has directly responded by saying Obama is illegitimate – and they cannot fight it." This further acknowledges that, if the current Commander in Chief is illegitimate, all troops present in Afghanistan, as Maj. Cook intrepidly pointed out, are by default war criminals. NOt that this in itself is a good thing, or that it will really affect the way U.S. prisoners are treated, but at least there's less of a worry now about Mr. Obama sending the troops to Honduras to save Democracy.

Mr. Obama finally has brought some change! Not to the economy or environmental protection, but rather by opening the doors to the possibility that the U.S., for the first time, is run by a war criminal.