 disenchantedcitizen says: They are armed and promise to keep the oath they took to protect the Constitution. Founder Stece Rhoades: "We say if the American people decide it's time for a revolution, we'll fight with you." That type of rhetoric has caught the attention of groups that track extremist activity in the United States. In a July report titled "Return of the Militias," the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center singled out Oath Keepers as "a particularly worrisome example of the Patriot revival." SPLC now monitors Oath Keepers on its Web site blog "Hatewatch." Oath Keepers is not preaching violence or government overthrow, Rhodes said. On the contrary, it is asking police and the military to lay down their arms in response to unlawful orders. Group supporters compare President Obama's America to Adolf Hitler's Germany. They also liken Obama to England's King George III during the American Revolution. One member calls Obama "the domestic enemy the Constitution is talking about." What Rhodes terms "the rise of executive privilege" during the post-9/11 years of the Bush presidency will in his opinion only accelerate with Obama in office. What's worse, he said, is that "gun-hating extremists" now control the White House. An incident earlier this year in rural Iowa, not inside the Washington Beltway, motivated Rhodes to start Oath Keepers. He questioned why the Iowa National Guard planned to use residents of a small town to participate in training on door-to-door searches for weapons. The Guard said the training was to help soldiers who might be asked to carry out similar searches in Iraq or Afghanistan. But for Rhodes, it looked like preparation for a future declar... So, are they pledging to lay down their arms when lunatic, right-wing gun-nuts decide that they want to commit treason? Every law enforcement and military officer has the right to refuse orders based on ethical grounds. These guys, by saying they're going to do so in every situation, are as good as saying that they aren't going to carefully consider each situation as it comes along. If the government orders them to disarm an extremist group, it just may be because that group is threatening American citizens. And if these "Oath-Keepers" decide to do as they claim and ignore the orders to disarm said group, then they are betraying their nation as much as the extremists. "Only cowards need a gun to hide behind." |
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