The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

Bowie Bergdahl received a dishonorable discharge for desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.

Typical reasons for dishonorable discharges include murder, rape, treason, etc. These are not trivial crimes, and dishonorable discharges are usually given only after a general court martial. And the consequences don't stop after separation from the military, since it typically prevents the use of any military benefits, and is considered a felony in civilian life...that means no 2nd Amendment rights! Oh...good luck getting a job!

Biden administration 'strongly opposes' honorable discharge for service members who refuse COVID-19 vaccine

The Office of Management and Budget said in a statement Tuesday that the administration "strongly opposes" the amendment, arguing that if it's implemented, it would "detract from readiness and limit a commander's options for enforcing good order and discipline when a Service member fails to obey a lawful order to receive a vaccination."

How very typical of the Biden junta. Strong-arm its opponents, use judicial contortions to punish them for daring to disagree with its edicts, and try to destroy their lives with the power of the federal government.

So servicemen who have done their duty, have served honorably in all other respects, but have a philosophical or religious objection to being forced to accept the CCP flu vaccination will be treated the same way as murderers and rapists and deserters?

Stalin would be proud! It is identical to the legal cudgel that the Soviet Union used against its political opponents. Cancel their permits to live in Moscow, prevent them from earning a living, cast them out of the bureaucratic protections of the typical citizen, and make them pariahs.

Biden and the whores who pull his strings are without honor, have no concept of what honor is, cannot comprehend honorable actions, and simply assume that all Americans who act contrary to the junta's desires are enemies of the state and should be crushed under the weight of its authority.

And while our armed forces do not operate under the same laws as American civilians, there is a powerful concept in American jurisprudence and American culture...proportionality. It is simply stupid and ridiculous that the Biden junta supports the use of the most drastic discharge against honorable men who simply have a disagreement with a military policy and are willing to accept the consequences of their actions by leaving service. Some of these men may have planned on a career, and it is entirely possible that we will lose a large number of fine and capable soldiers and sailors and marines. But that is the price of freedom. It is insanity to create a criminal class of people whose only crime is disagreement with government.

But of course that is the point.

posted by CBD at 11:00 AM

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