Commander Charles Kerchner's first thoughts on the lynching of Political Prisoner LTC Terry Lakin at his court-martial trial.

Below is Commander Kerchner’s first thoughts on the lynching of LTC Terry Lakin at his court-martial trial. As many know, LTC Lakin was denied any evidence regarding Obama to defend his actions at his court-martial trial. LTC Lakin was subsequently sentenced to 6 months in prison, forfeiture of pay/benefits, and dismissal from the Army.

It is pretty disgusting how all the blame went to us, his supporters, for LTC Lakin’s reasoning to challenge Obama. The fact is, LTC Lakin had questions and sought answers about Obama’s eligibility nearly 2 years before we supporters had any knowledge of LTC Lakin. His questions went unanswered! For any person to say otherwise is a complete lie. The only person that should be blamed for this is the usurper Obama whom is fighting the release of ALL his past records.

Obama’s supporters and most in the media would like you to believe that LTC Lakin is the only member of the military to question Obama’s eligibility. That would be wrong. LTC Lakin joins a long list of Patriots that take their oath seriously. Just to name a few that have questioned Obama’s eligibility to be Commander-in-Chief; Major General Carroll D. Childers, Captain Neil B. Turner, Commander Charles Kerchner, Lt. Commander Walter Fitzpatrick, Captain Connie Rhodes, Lieutenant Colonel David Earl Graef, Major Stefan Frederick Cook, Paul Vallely, Major General (Ret), US Army, Jim Cash, Brigadier General (Ret), USAF, Harry Riley, Colonel (Ret), US Army, Michael A. Trudell, Captain (Ret), USN, Harry Soloman, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret), USAF, Carmen A. Reynolds, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret), USAF, Debra A. Gunnoe, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret), USAF, Greg Hollister, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret), USAF, Richard C. Morris, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret), US Army, William Harker, Commander (Ret), USN, Bill Little, Commander (Ret), USN. John Johnson, 1st Lieutenant (Ret), USAF, Luther B. Neff, Captain (Ret), USAF, Fred Herndon, Captain (Ret), USAF, Jerry Curry Army Major General (Retired), General Thomas McInerney. Cmdr. Douglas Stoeppelwerth, Lt. Cmdr. John Steidel, Capt. Pamela Barnett, Colonel Harry Riley, Lt. Col. Richard Bauerbach, Lt. Col. Mark Wriggle, LCDR Jeff Winthrope, Capt. Robin Biron, Col. John Blair, Capt. Harry Butler, MSGT Steven Neuenschwander, Major David Mosby, Capt. David Smithey, MSGT Jeffrey Schwilk, Sgt. Jeffrey Rosner, SFC E7 Robert Perry, Chief Warrant Of. Thomas Davidson, Sgt. Jason Freese and Commander David LaRoque…

Via Commander Kerchner; Right now the only word I can think of is a disgraceful travesty and complete unconcern by those who prosecuted LTC Lakin, and also those in the defense counsel, with the fundamental meaning and purpose of the oath of office to the U.S. constitution and labeling what Lakin did completely political and not emphatically and consistently and forcefully at every opportunity pointing out that the Constitution is the fundamental law of the land from which all other law must be judged and thus against which all so called “lawful” orders must be judged.

LTC Lakin was pursuing answers to a legal question, not a political question. That is what the oath of office for a commissioned officers specifically tasks the officer with. That is why the oath for a commissioned officer is different from an enlisted person. That oath to the Constitution is an officers prime directive as a commissioned officer.

[ The oath of an Enlisted Soldier of the United States Armed Forces:

"I, ____Enlisted___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God"

The oath of an Officer of the United States Armed Forces:

"I, ____LTC Lakin___, having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of Major do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God." ]

Nowhere in that court martial was that point made by either the prosecuting attorneys or the new defense counsel. If I had the chance to ask a question of every witness I would have asked each of them to read the oath of office to the U.S. Constitution for an enlisted person and then immediately thereafter for a commissioned officer and then asked them to note all of the differences in the two oaths and ask them why they think those differences were put there by those who created and wrote those oaths and required all military personnel to take such oaths. I would also ask them that if they think military people today are just given that oath as a meaningless ritual (just words) and that if they believe that military officers are not expected to in every possible way to try to live up to it thereafter. I would have asked them if it truly means something critical and necessary to be able to stand up for that oath and subsequent to that it be essential that the systems such as the Army and Congress address the merits of the concerns and engage in fact finding and Congressional Inquiries to answers those questions being brought up by a commissioned officer trying to live up to his oath, so help him God. Or is it the duty of the systems to crush that officer for standing up for that oath in every way possible, including breaking lesser laws in his attempt to uphold the fundamental law of our Constitutional Republic, the U.S. Constitution. -by Commander Charles Kerchner(Ret)-

In the coming days Commander Kerchner will be releasing more commentary from his experience at LTC Lakin’s court-martial lynching. Stay tuned!

SafeguardOurConstitution’s Summary of the Trial and Sentencing, December 16, 2010.

It is a tragedy for LTC Terry Lakin to spend even one day in jail. However, this relatively lenient sentence is a victory for the defense, since the prosecution asked the sentencing panel for Terry to serve two years in jail as his punishment.

LTC Lakin invited his court martial by defying military orders in order to try to get an answer through his chains of command to a simple question- is the Commander-in-Chief Constitutionally eligible to serve as a “natural born” citizen?

It is nothing short of astounding that this trial was not averted months ago by Barack Obama stepping forward to provide that necessary and proper assurance to soldiers like LTC Lakin and to the American people- that he conforms to the Constitution’s Article II, Section 1. It is a critical question that demands an answer. Instead, Barack Obama has continued to conceal all records which would disclose his citizenship status.

LTC Lakin made an heroic effort at great risk to his stellar military/professional career- to learn the truth and to uphold his officer’s oath to support and defend the U.S. Constitution. In the end, the Army denied him due process, the traditional right of American citizens to evidence they need to defend themselves against criminal charges– and disallowed any expert witnesses related to the eligibility crisis. LTC Lakin essentially was denied the opportunity to mount a defense of his actions.

LTC Lakin was accused of many false things by the Army during the course of the trial. The lead prosecutor (CAPT Phil O’Beirne) told the sentencing panel that your job is not to help SafeGuardOurConstitution find Obama’s birth certificate- and earlier he suggested that soldiers not let tthe Constitution cloud what they do– he quoted MacArthur’s famous quotation, duty, honor, country, but said the military’s job was only to fight wars. The military, however, most fundamentally protects the American Government and the rule of law.

Because there was no discussion permitted at trial of the real issues that motivated LTC Lakin to take this drastic step that he did- there was no opportunity to question the Army about the break in the chain of command that severed LTC Lakin, ordered to deploy to Afghanistan, from the CINC who ordered the surge to the same country. Captain O’Beirne tried to explain that unlawful orders are things like shooting prisoners which is consistent with COL Lind’s comment earlier that only “palpably legal” orders should be disobeyed. But should a decorated officer like LTC Lakin go to jail because no one in the Army- and no one in the White House- can produce a “palpably legal” document that proves that the Commander-in-Chief can lawfully command the U.S. Armed Forces?

Some supporters are discouraged that LTC Lakin appeared remorseful in court. We applaud the commitment LTC Lakin demonstrated to this important cause and know the heartache and hardship this conviction brings to his family and friends- but we salute him for raising this issue so publicly and courageously. We also praise his legal defense for its efforts and demonstrated skill in winning a much shorter conviction than what the prosecution sought.

Nevertheless, this sentence is an abomination– we strongly urge LTC Lakin’s supporters to call their Congressmen and Senators- and demand that LTC Lakin be pardoned. LTC Lakin’s commander- Major General Karl Horst– can also suspend his sentence. -by SafeguardOurConstitution staff.- Find Any Elected Official; conservativeusa.org/mega-cong.htm

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