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10-03-2009
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Subject: The Oath Keepers
In response to the John
Galt Pledge at this site, a reader brought to my attention a
very interesting organization called
Oath Keepers. They describe themselves as follows:
"Oath Keepers is a non-partisan association of currently
serving military, reserves, National Guard, veterans, Peace
Officers, and Fire Fighters who will fulfill the Oath we swore,
with the support of like minded citizens who take an Oath to
stand with us, to support and defend the Constitution against
all enemies, foreign and domestic, so help us God. Our Oath
is to the Constitution."
The site then proceeds to outline the following action:
Below is our declaration of orders we will NOT obey because
we will consider them unconstitutional (and thus unlawful) and
immoral violations of the natural rights of the people. Such
orders would be acts of war against the American people by their
own government, and thus acts of treason. We will not make war
against our own people. We will not commit treason. We will
defend the Republic.
- We will NOT obey any order to disarm the American people.
- We will NOT obey any order to conduct warrantless searches
of the American people, their homes, vehicles, papers, or
effects -- such as warrantless house-to house searches for
weapons or persons.
- We will NOT obey any order to detain American citizens as
"unlawful enemy combatants" or to subject them to trial by
military tribunal.
- We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a "state
of emergency" on a state, or to enter with force into a
state, without the express consent and invitation of that
state's legislature and governor.
- We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state
that asserts its sovereignty and declares the national
government to be in violation of the compact by which
that state entered the Union.
- We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities,
thus turning them into giant concentration camps.
- We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens
into any form of detention camps under any pretext.
- We will NOT obey orders to assist or support the use of
any foreign troops on U.S. soil against the American
people to "keep the peace" or to "maintain control"
during any emergency, or under any other pretext. We
will consider such use of foreign troops against our
people to be an invasion and an act of war.
- We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property
of the American people, including food and other essential
supplies, under any emergency pretext whatsoever.
- We will NOT obey any orders which infringe on the right
of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and
to petition their government for a redress of grievances.
WOW! What is so shocking here is not the
words themselves, which for the most part, merely reflects language
currently in the U.S. Constitution, — what is shocking is that
a pledge like this was considered necessary by people in our military
organizations at all! This shows to what depths concerns
run regarding the possible actions of the current administration.
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