November 21st, 2009

I swear my oath to an ideal, an ideal written on paper during the infancy of this great Nation

I, Steve Iman reaffirm my oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic…. We, as Oath Takers will not stand idly by and let this happen ! Thirty two years ago I quietly without pomp and circumstance raised my right hand along with twenty or so other enlistees in Cleveland, Ohio and took the oath of service required and declared my promise to defend the Constitution. As a young lean and mean hard-charger I really didn’t grasp the significance of the Oath I took until I experienced and witnessed the corruption and evil exhibited by nations and people who swear their allegiance to a man or political affiliation and as a result are controlled and manipulated for the benefit of that man or group. Thank God our Nation is governed by the rule of law and the Constitution is the law of the land.

Some member of my family has taken the oath every generation since it’s inception and as with most families there has been many. My father, William E Iman Jr., USMC who passed away last November many times talked of how proud he was of his service and always reminded me and my sons of the importance of the oath we all have taken. I watched my father take his oath as his VFW Post Commander and I watched my oldest son take his oath as an Atlanta Police Officer and I watched my youngest take his when he enlisted in the USN Reserve. All of these have been some of the proudest moments of my life.

I swear my oath to an ideal, an ideal written on paper during the infancy of this great Nation and no man or subversive undertow will ever change that ideal of Freedom and Liberty. It is my God given legacy and my Family and I will stand in proud support of this United States of America and in defense of the Constitution that has molded and strengthened her. To all those who think you can tread on my liberty and defile this Republic, I reverberate: “Not On Our Watch”!!!

God Bless America !

Sincerely,

Steve Iman
USN 1977-1983

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3 Responses to “I swear my oath to an ideal, an ideal written on paper during the infancy of this great Nation”

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Carol (Navy Girl) Says:
November 21st, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Check out this group of clergy who say they will defend our rights and liberty at all costs. I have signed my name to the Declaration and believe we should all do so. The more people who act together on this, the better chance we have of succeeding in getting the attention of our government leaders to possibly take us seriously.

http://ManhattanDeclaration.org/decsign.php

The Declaration addresses the sanctity of life, traditional marriage, and religious liberty.

Thanks Fellow Oath Keepers! “Stay in it!”
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1stSgt Glen Saunders USMC(ret) Says:
November 22nd, 2009 at 1:56 pm
An ideal that is still alive in the hearts of us all. Thank you Steve.
Semper Fidelis
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Eddie Gilbert Says:
November 25th, 2009 at 10:00 am
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Hey Steve,

I appreciate your service to our Country and countrymen.

I thank you for your willingness to continue to stand firm in your resolution to keep that Oath that you took.

You’ll never stand alone, my friend. I, and many other Oath Keepers, will always stand with you.

Eddie Gilbert
USMC SSgt 70-78
Peace Officer 97-present

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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.

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He is a former firearms instructor and former member of Rep. Ron Paul’s DC staff.

Stewart previously wrote the monthly Enemy at the Gates column for S.W.A.T. Magazine

Stewart graduated from Yale Law School in 2004, where his paper “Solving the Puzzle of Enemy Combatant Status” won Yale’s Miller prize for best paper on the Bill of Rights. He assisted teaching U.S. military history at Yale, was a Yale Research Scholar, and is writing a book on the dangers of applying the laws of war to the American people.