Myth Buster, I beg to differ.
That IS the officers oath as it is given and taken since 1960;
http://www.history.army.mil/faq/oaths.htm
It is more in line with the enlisted Oath, but includes the President instead of the UCMJ.
Not sure why the change. It took place during the Eisenhower administration.
Most people don’t realize that the UCMJ replaced the Constitution until the 60′s, when a very Liberal USSC decided that yes indeed the military was covered by the Constitution. It had been argued that since the military cannot be a democracy, effective law could not stem from a source devoted to democracy.
An officer giving an order needs to know it will be obeyed right then and there, with no debates. Anti-democratic to say the least.
Dire predictions of doom came down from every flag rank in the land. They were wrong, but why is a different topic.
There are no ‘good’ wars. There are just wars. All kinds of wars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War
I sort of agree with Ann Rand that wars are the result of states and if we get rid of states, we will get rid of war. Sort of because something will have tio replace the state and that something will either aggressively expand or resist aggressive expansion.
I would think a corporate state would wage war in a more discriminate manner. Assassination, local small scale infrastructure attacks. Things of that nature.
