Sharing Circle

I feel kind of odd about passing along this information, but my role as I see it is to just report and people can make of it what they will.

I have a great deal of respect for military people world-wide; my father was in the National Guard, and my sister and brother-in-law were Marines.  I just stumbled into this relatively new organization made up of retired and currently serving American Military personnel. Called “The Oath Keepers” (which though it might conjure up visions of the promise-keepers who swear to stay virginal until marriage) it seems their role could conceivably be FAR more important to the American people than the latter.  Personally I think these men and women (after a relatively quick examination) have their minds and hearts in the right place.  See why on the flip.

Their point of view seems pretty sane to me, but perhaps it runs counter to the conventional wisdom of those serving, I don’t know. Without further ado, here are the principles that this organization’s leadership are asking American military (past and present) people to swear to do (or not do.)

1. We will NOT obey orders to disarm the American people.
2. We will NOT obey orders to conduct warrantless searches of the American people.
3. We will NOT obey orders to detain American citizens as “unlawful enemy combatants” or to subject them to military tribunal.
4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a “state of emergency” on a state.
5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty.
6. We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps.
7. We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens into any form of detention camps under any pretext.
8. 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.”
9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies.
10. 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.

Okay I guess in my naiveté I would have expected all of the foregoing to go without saying, and maybe this is like three guys who are just nervous, but that was NOT the impression I got looking at their website, even if all the above is posted on a “blogspot” blog.  See for yourself here.  Note that this website went up in March 2009.

I would welcome discussion from anyone who cares to give an opinion and/or from the organizers of the organization, if they wish to share (I’m tracking back to them.)

A member of the public might be tempted to think this is all about worry regarding gun control, but, again, it seems to go well beyond  that…)

Curiouser and curiouser, eh? (As Lewis Carroll wrote…)

NOTE: I somehow erased the link to the “oath keepers” site. It’s located here.