13-09-04 U.S. Military Members Post Facebook Photos Opposing Syrian Intervention
U.S. Military
Members Post Facebook Photos Opposing Syrian Intervention
by Josh
Feldman |
7:00 pm, September 2nd, 2013
The
United States is very divided about what to do in Syria, and now
some currently-serving members of the military are weighing in,
posting photos to Facebook saying they don’t want to have to fight
in another country’s civil war. The Facebook groupArmed
Forces Tea Party features
a number of photos of servicemembers holding pieces of paper up to
obscure their faces containing a message opposing U.S. involvement
in Syria. The Blaze flagged
these photos today,
questioning whether if these soldiers have a right to express
themselves in such a manner.
The
Facebook group has taken a strong stance against Syria, urging
its fans to
call their members of Congress and tell them they’re tired of the
U.S. getting involved in “un-Constitutional wars.”
There
have been quite a number of these photos being posted to the
Facebook page, including this collage put together featuring nine
military members saying they didn’t sign up “to fight for
al-Qaeda in a Syrian civil war.”
The
Blaze points
out that
posting photos like these online could have some serious
repercussions for commissioned and non-commissioned officers, since
the Uniform Code of Military Justice warns against making
“contemptuous words” against the President of the United States
with a potential court-martial as punishment.
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