Orders We Will Not Obey

I have often wondered what it would take for the United States to become a totalitarian society. It could happen if our police forces were federalized and our military was used within our borders to quell dissent from states or individuals. An organization called Oath Keepers is asking police and members of the military to think about the possibilities and pledge not to turn on the American people by promising not to follow certain orders.

Here are the "Orders We Will Not Obey:"

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 subject them to military tribunal.

4) We will not obey orders to impose martial law or a "state of emergency" on a state. (I believe this is qualified with "without the invitation of the governor or state legislature.")

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 US soil against the American people to "keep the peace" or "maintain control."

9) We will not obey orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies.

10) We will not obey orders which infringe on the rights of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and to petition their government for a redress of grievances.

Do we need this? Could this happen in the United States of America? Read your history. Look at what happened in Germany and the USSR. Look at how politicians use emergencies, real or manufactured, to increase their power over the institutions and people of a country. Are you concerned that the powers we gave our government after 9/11 are now in the hands of leaders who are essentially Marxist and would like to change our whole economic and governmental system?

Of course, we could solve this whole issue if we could get our politicians to sign the above list, changing the beginning of each statement to "I will not give orders..." Or we could insist that our leaders obey the constitution and only vote for those politicians who promised to do so.

Click on the title to learn more about Oath Keepers and to see the entire declaration.

---Katie