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Permalink Reply by Rob Benningfield on May 22, 2009 at 1:03am

I agree with all the pledges except the following:

> 3. We will NOT obey orders to detain American citizens as unlawful enemy
> combatants or to subject them to military tribunal.
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> 4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a state of emergency on a state.

I think extreme situations could make those two situations necessary. I have no problem with military tribunals for US citizens who take up arms in warfare against their own country, on foreign soil, for a foreign fighting force. I have no problem with a temporary imposition of martial law or a state of emergency in the event of some massive disaster, to provide safety and humanitarian relief for survivors, when local and state authorities are unable to maintain order and security.

Permalink Reply by Carol Dreeszen on May 22, 2009 at 2:30am

Rob..I agree with you that there may be some extreme situations where this sort of action could be necessary as in the humanitarian relief like in Louisiana. What I gathered from these pledges was that in the event the government wanted to take control of all American's in every way shape and form our Military would not fight against their own for that reason. Kind of like with Hitler when he had his forces going around killing people and rounding them up. I know it sounds almost unbelievable..but everything that has been happening in this country in just a couple months is unbelievable to me too! I don't think the men and women in our Armed Forces could or would find it in their heart to fight against the people that have supported them all along because our President sure hasn't!!

Permalink Reply by Rob Benningfield on May 22, 2009 at 3:00am

I agree, Carol. I trust our military is loyal to our Country and its Constitution, not just to its President.

Permalink Reply by Carol Dreeszen on May 22, 2009 at 3:46am

Rob..Actually I thought about this afterwards and the key to all of these pledges is the "illegal" orders...as in the President is not a natural born citizen of the USA..so they would refuse to do orders from a President that is legally not able to give them orders. I don't blame them one bit! We have had enough crap thrown at us from this man and he thumbs his nose at every American by not bringing his Birth Certificate out to show us..if course we all know that he can't becasue he was not born here!

Permalink Reply by Rob Benningfield on June 7, 2009 at 9:04pm

{Why don't you be more specific, Rob? Would you obey an order to round up "Right Wing Extremist Patriots" including Veterans if Janet Napolitano or her Traitor boss ordered it, even if they hadn't done or planned any Violence?}

No, Osher, I would not detain US citizens on US soil who may be the current Administration's political rivals. But if I was a US soldier overseas attacking a terrorist training camp, or if my patrol or base was ambushed and attacked, and I captured an armed American citizen disguised as a local insurgent, I would treat him like an unlawful enemy combatant.