To be crystal clear – I am NOT advocating or inciting you to undertake any illegal act, insurrection, mutiny, putsch or military coup. You are an honorable patriotic man. I am NOT advocating or inciting you to interfere with any of the civilian duties of the President. That would not be a legal action by you. However you have the legal responsibility – under Article 134 of the Uniform Code Of Military Justice – to protect the troops under your command by relieving the President of his MILITARY command… In addition to relieving him of his command as Commander-In-Chief, you also have authority to place the President under MILITARY arrest.
It’s always good when you have to preface a piece with a statement clarifying: ‘I am not advocating a military coup.’ Lewis has since backtracked and written an even more ludicrous post scolding conservatives for failing to see the humor in his original piece. Allahpundit notes that Lewis’s furious rebuttals in the comments section of his first post (yes, even the HuffPo commenters failed to get the joke), put the lie to his current position that it was all some misguided attempt at satire:
I ask General Pace to do two things. One is to relieve the President of his command as Commander-In-Chief. The other is to place the President under military arrest. It is arguable as to the conflict between the Constitution and the Uniform Code Of Military Justice. One of the important legal ramifications of My Lai was the obligation to relieve a senior officer of his/her command in exceptional circumstances. If General Pace was performing a military imperative in a peaceful, non-threatening manner and simply informed Mr. Bush that he was being relieved of his military command, there would be no justification for the Secret Service to act as you suggest. Whatever the ultimate consequence, the impact of such a courageous and noble act on behalf of his nation, would be significant.
Ha ha, very funny–I get it. I’m sure the other regular contributors to the Huffington Post–Murtha, Pelosi, Feinstein, Richardson–all thought that was a hoot.
