SecNav's Letter of Resignation

[babylonsister]

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/24/1901708/-SecNav-s-Letter-of-Resignation?detail=emaildkre

SecNav's Letter of Resignation
Attorney at Arms
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Sunday November 24, 2019 · 9:30 PM EST

Unfortunately it has become apparent that in this respect, I no longer share the same understanding with the Commander in Chief who appointed me, in regards to the key principle of good order and discipline. I cannot in good conscience obey an order that I believe violates the sacred oath I took in the presence of my family, my flag and my faith to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

I don’t know the whole story here. But I know that when we start seeing high ranking officials write letters like this time and time again, there is a big problem.

I’ve covered it elsewhere, but I give the LOAC briefs (Law of Armed Conflict) where I explain to deploying soldiers that when we mistreat prisoners it hurts us because enemies willing to be taken prisoner mean less fighting and less dead Americans.

They get that even if a lot of chickenhawks think it’s “weak.”

[Sanity Claws]

1. Great letter

Worth reading.

[Beringia]

2. This is sad. Losing a good person.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. Probably combination of rump letting war criminals off AND ordering our military to wipe out

civilians who are brown.

[Captain Zero]

4. It doesn't take much to incur the displeasure of Trump

Farting sideways could probably get you fired in that white house.

[C_U_L8R]

5. The other chiefs should be ashamed

for not standing up for their comrade.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. "when we mistreat prisoners it hurts us" -- needs to be pounded home

"[W]hen we mistreat prisoners it hurts us because enemies willing to be taken prisoner mean less fighting and less dead Americans."

See, e.g., Iraqi soldiers surrendering even to reporters and drones during Gulf war 1. They had confidence in being better treated by the coalition than if they went back to Saddam.

[Voltaire2]

7. This ought to be added to the articles of impeachment.

[keithbvadu2]

8. Not resignation - termination

Not resignation - termination

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212726067