Orders revoked on soldier who claims Obama not legally president

By Alyse Knorr

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A reserve soldier who said he should not have to go to Afghanistan because Barack Obama was never legally eligible to be the president has had his deployment orders revoked, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported Wednesday.

U.S. Army Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook will not report to MacDill Air Force Base in Florida for mobilization today as he was ordered, public affairs officer Lt. Col. Maria Quon told the Ledger-Enquirer. She said she could not say why Cook’s deportment orders were revoked.

Cook filed a request with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia on July 8 seeking a temporary restraining order and status as a conscientious objector, the paper reported.

Cook believes that Obama was ineligible to become president and commander-in-chief because he was is not a natural-born U.S. citizen, the paper reported. Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961.

Cook’s 20-page court request states that he “would be acting in violation of international law by engaging in military actions outside the United States under this President’s command. ...simultaneously subjecting himself to possible prosecution as a war criminal by the faithful execution of these duties,” the paper reported.

Cook is an Individual Mobilization Augmentee, or a reserve soldier assigned to an active component unit for duty, the paper reported. He submitted a formal written request to Human Resources Command-St. Louis on May 8 volunteering to serve one year in Afghanistan.

A hearing on Cook’s requests will take place Thursday in Columbus federal court.