RE: A new Confederacy
January 13, 2021 at 6:26 pm
(This post was last modified: January 13, 2021 at 6:34 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
It's not a right, at any rate - us forces have a duty to refuse unlawful orders, and the failure to do so is consequential. In that sense, to the extent that these movements actively recruit military personnel (and they do) the ideology that they're espousing is antithetical to the indoctrination that servicemembers receive.
It's a common misapprehension that we're indoctrinated to be loyal to our leaders - and, as a matter of actual practice - we're certainly not. We are to remain loyal to our oaths no matter what our generally reviled chain of command tells us to do. That's how we protect ourselves, that's how we protect others.
If someone ordered me to overthrow the us government I'd treat it about the same as someone ordering me to shove my hand up my ass. I would refuse on general principle, note that the order is wildly unlawful, remind the superior that I am lazy, and then finally have real practical questions as to how they imagined I'd be able to have accomplished it anyway. At gunpoint, I would simply fail to achieve the objective. "Sir, I'm sorry sir, I have giant fucking hands sir!" .
That, is a soldiers right, rather than duty. The right to fail. The right to miss.
It's a common misapprehension that we're indoctrinated to be loyal to our leaders - and, as a matter of actual practice - we're certainly not. We are to remain loyal to our oaths no matter what our generally reviled chain of command tells us to do. That's how we protect ourselves, that's how we protect others.
If someone ordered me to overthrow the us government I'd treat it about the same as someone ordering me to shove my hand up my ass. I would refuse on general principle, note that the order is wildly unlawful, remind the superior that I am lazy, and then finally have real practical questions as to how they imagined I'd be able to have accomplished it anyway. At gunpoint, I would simply fail to achieve the objective. "Sir, I'm sorry sir, I have giant fucking hands sir!" .
That, is a soldiers right, rather than duty. The right to fail. The right to miss.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
