US troops urged to be “witnesses for Jesus”

US soldiers have been encouraged to spread the message of their Christian faith among Afghanistan’s predominantly Muslim population, video footage obtained by Al Jazeera appears to show. Military chaplains stationed in the US air base at Bagram were also filmed with bibles printed in the country’s main Pashto and Dari languages.

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UPDATE: A defense official tells the Huffington Post that the preacher did not mean that soldiers should hunt for Afghani souls, but was speaking in general terms. He also said that the Pashtun and Dari Bibles were confiscated so that they could not be distributed to the population.

Oath Keepers – Guardians of the Republic

Declaration of Orders We Will NOT Obey


OATH KEEPERS: 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 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.

And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually affirm our oath and pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor. —Oath Keepers

(Read the full declaration here)    

The above list is not exhaustive but we do consider them to be clear tripwires – they form our “line in the sand,” and if we receive such orders, we will not obey them. Further, we will know that the time for another American Revolution is nigh. If such a revolution comes, at that time, not only will we NOT fire upon our fellow Americans who righteously resist such egregious violations of their God given rights, we will join them in fighting against those who dare attempt to enslave them.

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