March 29th, 2010

Today, I reafirm that Oath I gave at the age of 17

oath_patch My oath is my bond to you, my brothers and sisters. I make my stand for liberty, and I make my stand to defend this great nation, and our constitution.

I will ignore all unlawful orders, and will actively resist them with all of my strength. I will stand by you should you falter, and help to raise you up again.

The Oath I gave when I joined the service at the tender age of 17 many years ago means far more to me now than it did then. Youth and ignorance gave me little understanding of the great impact that oath would have on me later in life. I believe that an Oath given freely and with an open heart and mind, is an Oath you respect throughout your entire life. I now have a much greater understanding of what it is I swore, and how I am still bound to that oath. I have no choice but to keep my oath, to break it would leave me a shell of a man, someone not to be trusted. I would be a disappointment to my children and my kin.

Today, I reaffirm that Oath I gave. I will protect and defend the Constitution and the people, and should I have to lay my life down, then I will do it with a joyous heart, for I tasted true liberty with you.

To you men and women serving currently in our Armed Forces, please, think for yourselves. Educate yourselves, question things. Expand your mind, do not just believe everything your superior officers are telling you. Should they ever ask you to turn your weapons on your own people, do the honorable thing. Protect your Oath, keep it, and I will stand with you.

R Keen

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3 Responses to “Today, I reafirm that Oath I gave at the age of 17”

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ANONYMOUS Says:
March 30th, 2010 at 11:33 am
JSUT ONE PROBLEM TO YOU OATH…THE PAPERS YOU SIGN WHEN JOINING THE MILITARY TO OBEY YOUR SUPERIORS – YOU BECOME U.S. PROPERTY AND THUS GIVE UP THE RIGHT TO THINK WHILE ACTIVE
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R Keen Says:
March 31st, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Oh how very mistaken you are my friend. When you sign those papers, and you swear that oath, nowhere does it say you are to no longer to think for yourself.
As a matter of fact, one of the early things we were taught in boot camp was that it wasn’t just out right to refuse to obey an unlawful order, it is our flat out DUTY!
I would hope you will educate yourself about the Oath at some point Mr. Anonymous. There will some a day when you will need to rely on the men and women who have sworn that oath, and who are serious about keeping and honoring it.
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Kathy Says:
April 9th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
God Bless You Mr. Keen. Your original post and your response to “anonymous” brought tears to my eyes.

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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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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.