Wingnut Watch: Army 'Birther' Wants Court Order to Void Deployment

The wingnuts never let a simple thing like truth get in the way of a good (read: phony) conspiracy.

For those of you keeping score at home, the "Obama-is-a-Muslin-who-was-born-in-Africa-and-thus-can't-be-president" crowd is alive and well out there, most recently in the U.S. army.

And so we get this sort of nonsense, from an army major who should know better:

U.S. Army Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook is seeking a federal court order to stall and eventually prevent an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.

In the 20-page document — filed July 8 with the United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia — Cook's California-based attorney, Orly Taitz, asks the court to consider granting his client's request based upon Cook's belief that President Barack Obama is not a natural-born citizen of the United States and is therefore ineligible to serve as commander-in-chief of U.S Armed Forces.

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