Thursday, October 02, 2014

GOP congressman says he's urging American generals to resign rather than follow president's orders

Rss@dailykos.com (hunter)
Friday, September 26, 2014, 5:09 pm
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Sedition (n): conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state.
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Rep. Doug Lamborn says he and like-minded House Republicans are trying to destabilize the American military in order to foil American foreign policy abroad. No really, he's bragging about it.
[T]hat is exactly what Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) told a group of voters he wants to see happen, the Colorado Independent reported.
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"A lot of us are talking to the generals behind the scenes, saying, 'Hey, if you disagree with the policy that the White House has given you, let's have a resignation,'" Lamborn said Tuesday, adding that if generals resigned en masse in protest of President Barack Obama's Middle East policy, they would "go out in a blaze of glory."
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Lamborn, it should be noted, is a member of the House Armed Services Committee.

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