The Pentagon says it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona for possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. troops to refuse unlawful orders.
The Pentagon’s statement, which was posted on social media on Monday, cited a federal law that allows retired service members to be recalled to active duty on orders of the defense secretary for possible court-martial or other measures. Kelly served in the U.S. Navy as a fighter pilot before going on to become an astronaut. He retired at the rank of captain.
It is extraordinary for the Pentagon, which until the second Trump term has usually gone out of its way to act and appear apolitical, to directly threaten a sitting member of Congress with investigation.
So he told the troops to do things everyone agrees they are sworn to do, and Republicans complain he’s bringing the military into disrepute and call for his imprisonment and execution, and the Dept of Defense (War?) then pursues ways to achieve this. I guess the USA isn’t doing that whole constitution thing any more.
That isn’t even completely accurate, it’s not that they can refuse unlawful orders, they are literally required to refuse them.
The sooner the majority of Americans realize that we are dealing with actual, real life traitors operating our federal government, the sooner we can deal with them.
I’m hoping that moment comes sooner than later, but I’m not crossing my fingers.
For these types of stories, I always think of traffic laws and speed limits, specifically because most people are familiar with breaking those laws.
“The speed limit here is 30 miles per hour. You should not drive over the speed limit.”
“We need to investigate this person because he is telling people to follow the law.”
This reasoning is sort of unthinkable and unfair.
Well, not THAT constitution anyway.