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A bit of logic in a sea of madness

Ed Lewis

There is much now being said and written about Supporting Our Troops, but it is being used as a war cry and in support of an unconstitutional and inhumane unjust attack against people who have done nothing to harm the American people.

What is the proper purpose of maintaining a military?  Is it to force other countries to go along with whatever dictates the US Government elitist controllers wants in force around the world?  Is it to preemptively attack innocent people and slaughter them with weapons against which neither they – nor we – have any defense?

No, the only proper purpose for a military is during times of need to defend our shores against invasions by both domestic and foreign invasions.  At all other times, there is not to be a standing army, only a Navy.

And what of our shores?  Are our shores secure under the current regime in America?  Not hardly.  Our shores are as wide-open as if the US Government wanted invasions by foreigners – or the appearance of invasions by “foreigners” conducting acts of terrorism.

Are the people secure from invasions foreign and domestic?  As this is written, the FBI is planning on all sorts of operations against terrorism.  Have we forgotten the complete ignorance of the FBI and other government alphabet organizations about the attack on WTC and the Pentagon? 

The military organization that is paid to protect our shores is overseas for purposes that in reality have nothing to do with “protecting our shores”.  Instead, organizations that have repeatedly invaded our shores – US Government organizations – are being let loose amongst us with carte blanche permission to do anything they desire, from imprisoning people innocent of any crimes to removing them to other countries for torture.

Have we forgotten the purpose for the 2^nd Amendment?  The militia the founders spoke of IS the people.  Justice Joseph Story, in his highly esteemed Commentaries on the Constitution (1833) described the militia in this manner:

          “The militia is the natural defense of a free country against foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of power by rulers. It is against sound policy for a free people to keep up large military establishments and standing armies in time of peace, both from the enormous expenses, with which they are attended, and the facile means which they afford to ambitious and unprincipled rulers, to subvert the government, or trample the rights of the people. The right of a citizen to keep and bear arms has justly been considered the palladium of the liberties of the republic, since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers, and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them.”

The purpose of the militia is actually the duty of the people to act in their own defense, to defend against invasions on their rights – whether foreign or domestic – as human beings living in liberty, not under the rule of government as “subjects”. 

"The militia is composed of free citizens*. There is therefore no danger of their making use of their power to the destruction of their own rights, or suffering others to invade them." -- Samuel Adams

"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force.  Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined" -- Patrick Henry

We see there is a sort of coalition to protect our rights.  There is the US Military, with the task of protecting our shores during an imminent attack or attack, and the militia – the people – to protect within the many states.  The people themselves must arise to the occasion if they truly believe in liberty and the freedom of man to make his own choices and not be under government rule.  From the militia, the military will then be formed and will be under the jurisdiction of the US government.

So, why hasn’t the militia been called up?  Just as an armed citizenry is the best protection against crime – a fact that is proved annually millions of times around this union of states and the world – so is an armed and ready citizenry the best defense against acts of terrorism and foreign/domestic invaders.

Think.  How can the military spread all over the world do the job of protecting our shores, and how can a few thousand US Government alphabet organizations protect internally in every area of the many states?  Consider especially the fact that these same organizations have been usurping the rights of the people for decades and – once again – these same organizations were in the dark about WTC. 

Therefore, if one is determined to support the troops, the best support to give them is to force the US Government to return them to their country to do their constitutional duty.  That is patriotism.  Patriotism is not supporting the upcoming slaughter of innocent people who have done absolutely nothing to harm us.

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) had this to say, and it is as true today as it was then:

"To be a patriot, one had to say, and keep on saying, 'Our Country, right or wrong,' and urge on the little war. Have you not perceived that that phrase is an insult to the nation?

The true citizenship is to protect the flag from dishonor — to make it the emblem of a nation that is known to all nations as true and honest and honorable. And we should forever forget that old phrase — 'My country, right or wrong, my country!'"

— Mark Twain

Governments start wars; the people don’t.  Governments always have hidden agendas as they invariably end up being filled with people who are greedy for financial rewards and the evil lust for power over people.  In this union of states, the government hasn’t any authority to govern the people but has been given specific duties.  We people have ignored this. 

Now, because of multiple lies told by government, our troops are overseas meeting exactly the need for pawns expressed by the traitor Kissinger.  They are being used as tools in order that the elite meets its goal of world dominion. 

Oil without a doubt is part of it – only fools and idiots believe otherwise -- since one of the first objectives is to secure Iraqi oil fields for government special oil interests.  The quest for oil control as being number 1 is held concurrently with that of scaring not only Iraq, but also other countries, into submission to US Government dictates – the “shock and awe” program of intentional slaughter of innocent people.

Thus, Plato’s observation made centuries ago surely has once again been proved valid.

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."

And with evil men ruling, liberty is lost.  The people of Germany found this out in the 1930s, but we failed to learn from the past.  However, those in and behind government sure learned from the past – they learned how easy it is to fool the people.

Thus, if you wish to truly support our troops, our country, and freedom, bring our troops home to repel invasions by both foreign and domestic forces happening right now as this is written. 

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