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Well,considering how far off track this thread has gotten, i guess it's time to throw in my $.02
smoking357 wrote:
Where are you? Are you the militia or just another level of U.S. Army Reserves
The militia, the way the founders saw it was a two fold proposition, a hybrid of the "organized" and "general" militias. The organized militias were those military units under command of, and loyal to, their States. The general militia was comprised of "
each and every free able-bodied white male citizen of the respective States, resident therein, who is or shall be of age of eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years"
http://www.constitution.org/mil/mil_act_1792.htm
now while the federal government had the authority to organize, arm, and discipline the militia, contraol of these forces rested in the hands of the governors of teh several STates until such time as they needed to be called up by the FED, and ONLY for three specific purposes; to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions. (Article 1, section 8.15 United States Constitution)
The National guard was created in order to remove power of the militias from the governors and to replace it with a federal reserve force. The same act also attempted to make those members of the "general militia" yet another reserve federal unit, effectively killing any military force not controlled by the FED.
now while I respect the American fighting man, I do not respect the war that they are being sent to wage, since it is unconstitutional. as I have already posted, the militia ( remember there is no provision in the constitution for a large standing army, as the founder understood that this was the first step to tyranny) is to ONLY be called up for three purposes. While Hussein may have been the tyrant that he is played out to be. nothing he or his regime did met the requirements for Congress to call out the militia.
secondly, how has Iraq threatened OUR freedoms? surely that regime threatened the freedoms of the Iraqi people, but since when are they citizens of the United States?
