This is why we will be able to count on the military when it happens...

[barfife]

Kirk

The military, that you enjoy belittling, are the same people that place their lives on the line every day to protect your freedom that you probably take for granted. The military, that you disparge, are the same people that guard your free speech rights.

Have you ever felt so strongly about something, that you would take an oath to protect it with your life? I think not.

Are you the kind of person that would sue over someone violating your rights but would not risk getting a hang nail to secure those rights? I am guessing so.

Do you feel like you are owed those rights and freedoms and that they come freely? Probably.

Would your parents, grand parents or great grand parents either understand or appreciate your attitude toward their country? I would be surprised.

Fortunately, everyone of our citizens are bestowed with the rights our fore fathers penned and fought and died for.....wether they deserve them or not.

[hua man]

To paraphrase:

My Military, right or wrong.

But right or wrong, my Military.


I'll not deny a person's Freedom of Speech, even when I have the overwhelming urge to put that person in a Hurt Locker. Trust me, there are a lot out there, especially leftist, pinko, commy, limp-wristed, holier-than-thou's that should be sent to a place without the U.S. Military to gaurantee their freedoms to say and do what they want. With no Military, they have no Constitution. No Constitution means no Freedom of Speech, no Unreasonable Search and Seizure, no Rights. They will not be Citizens, they will be Subjects. Subjects live under the Fear of their Overlord. Overlords can and will do what They will damn well please, because Who will stop Them?

THE UNITED STATES MILITARY! How mant time have we gone in and took down some tin-horn dictator because it was the right thing to do, not because it was Politically Self-serving?

If you don't like it here, get out. Don't bring My Country down to the level of whatever cesspool you crawled out of to get here.

Sorry for the Rant. This message was brought to you by the letters "F" and "U".

[KirkMcquest]

Kirk

The military, that you enjoy belittling, are the same people that place their lives on the line every day to protect your freedom that you probably take for granted. The military, that you disparge, are the same people that guard your free speech rights.

Have you ever felt so strongly about something, that you would take an oath to protect it with your life? I think not.

Are you the kind of person that would sue over someone violating your rights but would not risk getting a hang nail to secure those rights? I am guessing so.

Do you feel like you are owed those rights and freedoms and that they come freely? Probably.

Would your parents, grand parents or great grand parents either understand or appreciate your attitude toward their country? I would be surprised.

Fortunately, everyone of our citizens are bestowed with the rights our fore fathers penned and fought and died for.....wether they deserve them or not.

Whats going on now, has nothing to do with 'your freedom', in fact, all this running around policing the world for profit is creating more enemies everyday, THAT is what is threatening your freedom. How would you feel if China put a military base in your town? Well thats about how other people feel about our presence. We were told we would be welcomed by the people of Iraq with parades and smiles, but we found quite the opposite. To date we killed over 100,000 Iraqi's and profits for private contract companies are in the hundreds of billions. The fact of the matter is, the military accounts for upto 57% of revenues...that means 57 cents out of every tax dollar goes to fund our military. A big percentage of that money goes to the very people who lobby to go to war. You are inundated with catch phrases and rhetoric about 'fighting for freedom', you regurgitate it but couldn't possibly give a logical explanation about what that means. This is why we are broke, that is why they cannot balance the budget and that is why our debt has grown out of all proportion.

The biggest threats to your freedom are coming from within, not from faceless enemies on the other side of the globe.

[KirkMcquest]

To paraphrase:

My Military, right or wrong.

But right or wrong, my Military.


I'll not deny a person's Freedom of Speech, even when I have the overwhelming urge to put that person in a Hurt Locker. Trust me, there are a lot out there, especially leftist, pinko, commy, limp-wristed, holier-than-thou's that should be sent to a place without the U.S. Military to gaurantee their freedoms to say and do what they want. With no Military, they have no Constitution. No Constitution means no Freedom of Speech, no Unreasonable Search and Seizure, no Rights. They will not be Citizens, they will be Subjects. Subjects live under the Fear of their Overlord. Overlords can and will do what They will damn well please, because Who will stop Them?

THE UNITED STATES MILITARY! How mant time have we gone in and took down some tin-horn dictator because it was the right thing to do, not because it was Politically Self-serving?

If you don't like it here, get out. Don't bring My Country down to the level of whatever cesspool you crawled out of to get here.

Sorry for the Rant. This message was brought to you by the letters "F" and "U".

You couldn't put me 'in a hurt locker' if you tried. Stop making foolish threats. The way we are using our military is what is destroying our country, breaking our treasury, and threatening our freedom. You're not going to destroy MY country by turning it into the kind of 3rd world cesspool that YOUR parents reared YOU in.

You want to fight for freedom? Get a job. Stop living off of my tax dollars, I don't want to pay for you to run around the world playing soldier.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

The way we are using our military is what is destroying our country, breaking our treasury, and threatening our freedom. You said it, "WE", which means YOU to a degree, is who sent us/them

You're not going to destroy MY country by turning it into the kind of 3rd world cesspool that YOUR parents reared YOU in. and your parents did what different lefty? Yep keep blaming others for your problems, good job, sound like those MTVers whining. Your in the same sinking boat aren't you with your grandure ideas of what your parents did huh? Your country, whatya doing for it? What have you done for it? Blaming the tools, that aint gonna fix it now is it?

You want to fight for freedom? Get a job. Stop living off of my tax dollars, I don't want to pay for you to run around the world playing soldier.

Don't spend your tax dollars, head a few more miles north there and join them, oh wait they got a Military too, where ya gonna go? What makes you think we wanna run around and be the world police for civilians like you? We have a JOB and we did it, thats what bothers you isnt it? Thats what scares you

Neither you nor your leader can control whats going on. Neither one of you have any experience therefore are unqualified to lead as CIC or try and be in control. Thats why GITMO is still there and being used more now than ever. Thats why we are still over there and we got involved in even more stuff (Libya) because you 2 are clueless. Thats why the budget for the Military is ever growing right with the debt. Neither one of you know what to do and so we are in a tailspin, money and body parts flying everywhere. Think any Soldier wanted that? Nope, it's clueless folks causing it. Blame the wrench cause the car won't run, good job!

[protus]

Stop making foolish threats.

I suggest if you have issue with how the military is run you complain about that ! Not the people serving our country giving us all the freedoms we enjoy past,present and future! I will rather have my tax dollars support someone who has gave up time ,life and limb for my freedoms than to have it spent on the many leeches of society that suck up way more of those dollars.....if you want to complain...complain about that!


I also suggest people keep their heads level or i will level them for them.....it is that simple.

everyone understand...

[Mannlicher]

you won't know how the military will act until they act. Don't be surprised to find you are wrong, thinking they will not act like the military in Syria, Iran, Egypt, Libya.............

[eeyore]

From the military person i know of first hand (either from family or friends) you don't have to worry about them. They would fall into the catagory of an "Oath Keeper" (see oath below) http://oathkeepers.org/oath/
If you want to woryy about someone read the following article, that is who you have to worry about is elected people oppointing and making policy, they have little or no character. Here is a link to a good article about them.
http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2011/08/10/7769/ FBI Wants Surplus Stores To Spy on Customers

OATH KEEPERS: ORDERS WE WILL NOT OBEY
Click here to read full length version.

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.

[Boyd]

Whats going on now, has nothing to do with 'your freedom', in fact, all this running around policing the world for profit is creating more enemies everyday, THAT is what is threatening your freedom. How would you feel if China put a military base in your town? Well thats about how other people feel about our presence. We were told we would be welcomed by the people of Iraq with parades and smiles, but we found quite the opposite. To date we killed over 100,000 Iraqi's and profits for private contract companies are in the hundreds of billions. The fact of the matter is, the military accounts for upto 57% of revenues...that means 57 cents out of every tax dollar goes to fund our military. A big percentage of that money goes to the very people who lobby to go to war. You are inundated with catch phrases and rhetoric about 'fighting for freedom', you regurgitate it but couldn't possibly give a logical explanation about what that means. This is why we are broke, that is why they cannot balance the budget and that is why our debt has grown out of all proportion.

The biggest threats to your freedom are coming from within, not from faceless enemies on the other side of the globe.

you keep saying "we" ... You served in which branch?

[hua man]

KirkMcquest,

Were you known as "Sheen" on another board? If you're not, I apologize, it just seems your writing style is similar to his.

[Javin]

From the military person i know of first hand (either from family or friends) you don't have to worry about them. They would fall into the catagory of an "Oath Keeper" (see oath below) http://oathkeepers.org/oath/

Thanks, eeyore. As prior Army and a card carrying member of Oath Keepers myself, I was going to bring this up. Comparing our military to the "military in Syria, Iran, Egypt, Libya" as knocky just did shows not only a sickening amount of ignorance, but is actually stomach churning to me that there are so many of these mouth breathers that have never actually served that have an "opinion" at all. While I do believe in the freedom of speech, I think there are those that have mouthed off enough to have personally revoked their citizenship with their words. These people do not deserve the same rights as a citizen. Yes, it goes against everything in the constitution, but these bastards will be the exact ones written about in "One Second After" that, once the military is no longer there to shelter their pampered asses, will band together to build the "Posse" that comes after the preppers. Hatred for those that enable you to voice that hatred is a level of stupid so deep that I don't think there's a word in the English dictionary for it.

[1Admin]

To the non military, and non-LEO folks on the board- that includes me- we all need to understand a couple things.

First and foremost, whether the gubmint will admit it or not, their is a HUGE underground patriot movement within military and law enforcement circles. Key word in that last sentence- HUGE. Quite a few of these folks WILL BE EFFECTIVE for freedom (i.e, the good guys) IF things ever come down to a point wherein they are called upon to do things against Americans. This HUGE underground movement ARE the proverbial "good guys." Just like most of us, they are concerned about their freedoms, their families and protecting and bringing back what America once was. These types are OUR ALLIES and we need to recognize that.

During bad times it may later manifest itself either in small actions- the Staff Sergeant in the Iowa National Guard that looks the other way at the right time- to larger actions wherein WHOLE COMPANIES of the 3rd ID refuse unlawful orders from some two bit wanna be dictator that may come to power.

The gubmint and the socialists KNOW they have a major problem with these folks in military and civilian LE. They KNOW it and they know it's a HUGE problem. They FEAR this freedom loving element in both the military and LE.

The last thing we need to do is to alienate them.

Be smart about what you say, be respectful. The mil or LEO guy your disrespecting might very well be part of that HUGE underground movement.

Remember guys, the enemy WANTS US ALL DIVIDED. Divide and conquer is their primary weapon.

[Klayton]

I hate to play Devil's Advocate when it comes to military, as yours truly was one of them. But the military that will question authority is few and far between.

I give you the number of blue beret wearers taking orders from a FOREIGN leader. 100% against our oath of enlistement, and the one Soldier that refused was PUNISHED for questioning and refusing to follow the ILLEGAL order.

I give you the National Guard Soldiers who were more than willing to fire upon New Orleans residents (there words) if they refused to give up their firearms, again following ILLEGAL orders.

I know I know, how could I say something negative about Soldiers right. Well being one of the members awarded a medal for entering a burning Pentagon when there was still one commercial aircraft that was hijacked unaccounted for, I can tell you , there are A LOT of chickens wearing a uniform. We brought up, just what I know of, over 10 Soldiers in my immediate area on charges of leaving their assigned place of duty 9-11. One being my wife's commanding officer (Air Force leutenant).

Now, we are the best military in the world, hands down, but we definitely have "I'm just here for the college money/benefits" Soldiers, as well as Soldiers that have NO PROBLEM following illegal orders.

***The old retiree gets off his soap box.***

[slingshot]

It's not the questioned reliability of American troops that pose such a danger. It's the historical practice in other countries of bringing in foreign troops to put a lid on people that worries me. Foreign troops would not have the compunction of domestic troops when coming down hard on citizens. I believe that the present PTB would not blink an eye to do just that to advance their agenda for this country. That's scary!

[TyrannyUnleashed]

Didnt take long did it TyrannyUnleashed ? Now do you understand my frustrations with the community Brother?

Hey Matt,
Sorry, I have been traveling and didn't get a chance back on until just now. I see your point and now have a better understanding what you were saying the other day.