The things some men will do to get out of serving their country during a time of war. Roscoe Bartlett, my elected representative in the U.S. House of Representatives, avoided military service during World War Two by claiming that he wanted to pursue a career in the ministry, though never actually did. Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger wore a dress and pretended to be a woman to get out of serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Now it appears someone has come up with a new way of getting out of going to war. U.S. Army Major Stefan Frederick Cook has filed a lawsuit to prevent his deployment to Afghanistan. The reason?
Because he believes that President Barrack Obama is not a natural-born citizen of the United States. It’s his contention that Obama was born not in Hawaii, but in Kenya.
From the Miami-Herald:
Cook further states he “would be acting in violation of international law by engaging in military actions outside the United States under this President’s command, and that Plaintiff would thus be simultaneously unable to perform his duties in good Rule 65(b) Application for Temporary Restraining Order 22 conscience and yet be simultaneously subjecting himself to possible prosecution as a war criminal by the faithful execution of these duties.”
What surprises me about this story is the fact that Cook is an officer. In fact, he’s a field-grade officer. This seems like a scumbag move to pull just because he doesn’t want to go to Afghanistan and kill the Taliban.
Why’s he in the Army?
Lee B.
/ July 14, 2009Is a strange approach, I agree. But at the same time, I read time and time again how Obama was not born in the US and that his birth certificate was never verified (sounds far fetched)- maybe this sort of case could be the vehicle that gets publicity, shows the birth certificate to the conspiracy theorists and shuts the issue down once and for all.
BTW- Klinger was not a character in the original MASH movie!
Rick
/ July 14, 2009Obama was born in the radical Islamic jungles of Hawaii. It’s been pretty much proven as fact at this point.
Lee B.
/ July 14, 2009Interesting link- a bit older, but supposed “proof”:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Barack-Obama–The-Birth-Certificate-Controversy
certainly gives some nutjobs something to get worked up over.
Ryan
/ July 14, 2009I heard Barack Obama was created by mixing a pinch of Osama Bin Laden’s beard into a pot containing Sadam Hussein’s sweat and aborted fetuses.
Terry
/ July 15, 2009No one wins in a war.
Oh and as an aside no one has won in Afghanistan.
siriunsun
/ July 17, 2009Roscoe Bartlett pursueing a ministerial career??? That’s truly funny!
Amanda
/ December 8, 2009When i saw this, i laughed SO hard. haha