This is terrible news. It gives them a martyr, a poster boy. Someone to rally around. Regardless of any facts; they will make up whatever myth they need to use this guy. We know how well the left spun fantasies around Cindy Sheenan and Ehren Watada and Pat Tillman, as it suited their purposes.

Although a stronger birther movement will have more power to pull the Republican party away from the mainstream, or else force the Republicans to repudiate the birthers, casting them out and into a third party.

It's also bad news for sick soldiers. The Army has kept Terry Lakin on duty while awaiting court martial, so their medical advice is coming from a doctor with a demonstrably defective reasoning ability.

No, actually, we don't know how "the left spun fantasies around Cindy Sheenan and Ehren Watada and Pat Tillman..." But nice feint with the false equivalency gambit.

Regardless, it doesn't matter if Lakin is available as a martyr or not. The teabaggers have shown that they have no regard whatsoever for what the the legally constituted authority actually does or what the facts of the situation are - they simply make up whatever narrative is necessary to stoke their fake outrage.

Under Article 92 of the UCMJ every soldier has the DUTY to judge the legality of every order for his her herself. This is a good thing. It was a good thing when Watada did it, and it is a good thing now. What do you want, a military full of robots?!?! Or is it just b/c he is disobeying a Commander in Chief that you support that you are upset?

Now don't get me wrong, I think he is wrong in his belief that his orders were illegal, just like I think Watada was wrong in his belief. HOWEVER I fully support the right/duty of any soldier to question any order that they feel is illegal.

Uh, and what do you bet that most fans of Watada aren't fans of this guy? The inconsistency of political partisans is usually bi-directional. (Kudos to Anc @ 3 for his consistency, though.)

I am more concerned that someone who is clinically leotarded was able to reach the rank of Lt. Col, and get an MD.

@6 except that you are leaving out the Dualist nature of US law with respect to international law. Int. Law is not automatically incorporated into the US domestic legal system and process. Unless congress allowed for officers and enlisted service-members to challenge their orders through the Uniform Code of Military Justice (don't know if there is or not) there would be no remedy for a potentially illegal order.

FACT: Barack Hussein Obama has refused to prove his eligibility to be POTUS. Until he does, every bill he signs (including the Marxist Fascist health care bill), and especially every order he gives as CIC, are suspect.

He should be considered a usurper until he does.

WHere's the birth certificate???

@1: It's a sad state of affairs when justice takes second seat to avoiding having stupid people mad at you.

@9: "Osama bin Sex Kitten" made me thrash violently around in a laughter-induced conniption.

@11: This is my appraisal of your argument's approximate value: http://broink.files.wordpress.com/2008/0…

@12: Formula for trolling:
1. Go on SLOG or similar forum.
2. Spout a bunch of stupid shit that has about a teaspoon of logic total.
3. ????
4. PROFIT!!!!

Looks like Lord Basil forgot to log out of another account @11, or has he switched identities?

I've asked it before and will ask it again: Why did the anti-war protests go away right after January 20, 2009? And you all know if it was McCain who had won we'd still have the protests going on all the time.

Liberal hypocrisy. Had to be said

There are recognised valid reasons a person can object to serving. This is not one of them. And it should not be because it's bogus. It always amazes me how the right "thinks" that just because a lie is repeated endlessly, it should be regarded as true.

I have a "Certificate of Live Birth" from the state of California. It has an official seal, and all the pertinent information that a Birth Certificate should have. I don't even know if California has a "long form" Birth Certificate. (More babies are born in California that any other state, so you'd think this would have come up sometime before 2008.)
My Certificate of Live Birth has been accepted for Social Security registration, Selective Service registration, Voter registration, and federal financial aid (college). I've also served on a couple of juries, but was not asked to produce documentation of my birth for that.

FACT: I must have been born in Mexico, since I can't produce a "long form" Birth Certificate, whatever the hell that is. Therefore, I should have to repay all my federal student aid, any election I participated in should be invalidated, and the jury verdict I handed in as a foreman should be overturned. And my brother, who has the exact same credentials, should be kicked out of the USAF after 24 years of service for the same reason.

Damn, we almost got away with our pre-natal plan to destroy America.

There are still war protests going on #18, perhaps you should open your eyes.

I'll bet he's one of these guys. Ironically, they refer to themselves as "oath keepers."

Fracking Traitor.