Comments on: Active Duty Soldier Speaks Up

By: john 22

john 22 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:26:38 +0000

I can uderstand the Oath Keepers anger at what’s happened to America. Our politicans are directly responsible for the mess we’re in. Ideologically, this country is finished. Intolerance, greed, arrogance and hypocracy have brought America to its knees. Its impossible for this country to unite under one banner which means, no problems will be solved. Big business sold this country out years ago, by exporting our techology to third world countries to increase profits for the rich. Wall street profits while the working class is dismantled and 25 million are out of work or under employed. I’m not sure what the objectives of the Oath Keepers are. If you took any stand against the government,your organization would be crushed with overwhelming force regardless of intent. In ten years, China will own us-It already holds a trillin in US Treasury bonds and could bring our economy down tommorow if it chose to do so.
Good Luck!
USMC Tet-67-68

By: Mesa Mick

Mesa Mick — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:27:45 +0000

I’m a Vietnam era vet with an opinion (whoopee) on the Oath Keepers premise. It’s kinda preachy so bear with me…
Watch yourself guys. You’re putting the good old US of A on the slippery slope that could jump start something like a South American military junta or banana republic military dictatorship. Just look at the tea baggers and other crazies out there now if you think it’s not possible.
History teaches us that it’s really, really easy to make the leap from concerned citizens who are also veterans to those that advocate a fascist government run like the military.
Bottom line, if you think any of our laws are wrong – change the law, not a citizen’s obligation and duty to at least try and respect it until it is changed.
The other thing to keep in mind also is our right to vote. If you have an elected official that you think is violating our freedoms by supporting laws or certain political party agendas then vote the sucker out of office. But in the meantime, abide our laws but speak out against any law that you think is bogus until you can get it changed.

By: Cowboy18

Cowboy18 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:49:38 +0000

Godbless You Soldier!

You keep your head in the game over there!

Some of us are the men that trained those who trained you!

I recon you men are about the best damned Soldiers this country has ever trained.

Whatever the politic’s, me and mine pray for your safe return Ray!

Focus on yourself and the men, we ol’boys will try and lookafter things while you’re away.

Cowboy18

By: Donald Brown

Donald Brown — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:17:04 +0000

you can’t defend me or my constitution from that shithole & 2 airplanes CANNOT “knock down” 3 buildings. get your ass HOME now where you can be useful NOT needlessly creating enemies for our country. “Gulf of Tonkin”, USS Liberty, “9/11″, we seem to have forgotten what bullshit is to the point we are all now in grave danger. My military can best protect me INSIDE my totally invaded , infiltrated country, please come home. Osama bin Laden is a good buddy of our gov’t & they would never allow you to find him,, your own commanding officers are laughing at you & that makes Mutiny to get home prefectly lawful. do what ever it takes but get home now & bring your men with you.

By: Mike Brown

Mike Brown — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:52:17 +0000

I am an Irish-American 2nd generation and I served with many Filipinos. As a matter of fact my wife and kids are Filipino. Filipino’s stood up in the “People March” and stood in front of tanks manned by their fellow citizens. The Army refused to carry out illegal and immoral orders against their fellow brothers and sisters. For this I have the utmost respect and you sir are what being American is all about. Thank you, Salamat!

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:27:29 +0000

Ray,

You wear the uniform with pride, that is a good thing; I too wore mine with pride, and beleived, at the time, 67-73, that we reall were doing something that was good(in Viet Nam).

But while you are in Afganistan defending American interests(??) you might ask yourself WHAT those interest REALLY might be; and ask WHY it is that while you and others like you shed your blood for what you beleive is someone’s alleged liberty, how it is that the tax funded CIA, a misnomer in itself, is seeing to it that thousands of pounds of Afghani heroin is being shipped into the nation you’ve been told you’re defending. Air America, the CIA fraudulent front for nothing more than a government style Mafia drug operation, even more insidious than the Mafia, is still alive and well. Being in Viet Nam gave them a lucrative drug source; being in Afghanistan gives them another. Am certainly glad that my tax dolalrs are hard at work fighting the alleged “War On Drugs”.

What liberties, according to the government, would I LOSE here in America if we weren’t in Iraq or Afghanistan?? I’ve been losing them year by year long before anyone even heard of the Taliban or AlQuaeda. My real enemies are those whose uniforms are made of blue pin striped suits carrying briefcases and recive my tax dollars to oppress me. Representative government my donkey.
“American Interests” defined means some corporate elitst’s pocket book while good American citizens die in the name of some alleged righteous action of freedom.

By: quiltingsando

quiltingsando — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:58:27 +0000

Please come home safe and maybe run for office, we need good men like yourself.

By: mcvet03

mcvet03 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:21:46 +0000

Hey Ray, thanks for your service and stay involved with Oath Keepers..we need the help of all Patriots. Stay safe and keep a good eye out, trust in your friends and always watch each other

By: luvPatriots (twitter)

luvPatriots (twitter) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:35:54 +0000

Ray, thanks so much for your service, from the bottom of my heart!

What can private citizens do, to get the word out, to our local police dept’s, sheriff dept’s and our armed services about Oathkeepers.

Is it organized in any way? Letter writing campaign or email, to our service men and women? What can I do? Thanks

By: Geoff

Geoff — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:06:33 +0000

this is in resonse to J. L. Moignan–Do some research and reading other than what the media says. I 5 minute search brings these up.

US Congress passed the Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq on October 11, 2002

The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists (Pub.L. 107-40, 115 Stat. 224, enacted September 18, 2001), one of two resolutions commonly known as “AUMF” (the other being “Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002″), was a joint resolution passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 2001, authorizing the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001. The authorization granted the President the authority to use all “necessary and appropriate force” against those whom he determined “planned, authorized, committed or aided” the September 11th attacks, or who harbored said persons or groups. The AUMF was signed by President George W. Bush on September 18, 2001.

So BOTH wars had congressional approval.