A challenge for those who want to continue the madness in Iraq

By Sgt. Kevin Benderman
Created Aug 15 2007 - 8:45am

I challenge anyone who is wanting to continue this illegal war in Iraq to
put their money where their mouth is; go to the local military recruiter
of
your choice in your area, join the branch you want, have them put in your
contract you are to go to Iraq as soon as your training is over, make it
where you are to be there for fifteen months and that you are willing to
do
multiple tours there.

If you are not willing to do this then you need to shut the hell up about
staying the course in Iraq.

We have made such a mess of that country it is pathetic, and we cannot
continue to lay all of the blame at the feet of this administration. We
have
our culpability in this debacle as well as anyone. If you are a citizen
and
you did not work to actively prevent this from happening you are as
responsible as George and *****. I am responsible for it as well because I
did go over there as a United States Soldier, but I did not think I would
be
used in such an outrageous manner as this. This has nothing to do with
defending the United States Constitution and the moment I realized that I
could no longer participate in it.

Maybe I went about it the wrong way, maybe I should have spoken our more
about the illegal nature of what I saw and was asked to do. After I came
back from Iraq I knew this was against our laws as we were not fighting to
defend anything but The Project for the New American Century's plan for
world domination as stated in their manifesto, which is posted on the
world
wide web for everyone to read. I suggest you read this document if you
haven't
yet, as it sheds much light on the subject.

I did speak out about the things going on over there to the Senators from
the state of Tennessee at the time by writing letters to them about the
things I knew were going on over there. Senator Bill Frist and Senator
Fred
Thompson received letters from me stating things that were happening I
knew
were out of control. I made the attempt to fix some of the things I saw
and
it didn't get me anywhere but in military prison.

I want the rest of you who feel afraid to stand up and demand your
constitutional rights to think about something, what scares you more,
doing
the right thing as an American citizen or facing the possibility of losing
what is left of your constitutional rights? I can't speak for anyone else
but me, I do not want to lose anymore of my rights and I am going to
continue to fight back against the people who want to take them away.

I suggest if you want to remain a free and lawful people, that you do the
same. If you think the people in this cabal will hesitate to start water
boarding American citizens I suggest your think again. I learned of an
incident at the Ft. Lewis Regional Corrections Facility while locked up,
of
a inmate who was kept in a device known as a restraint chair for (4) four
days and was not let out to use the toilet or shower or even eat by
himself.
Guards fed him some granola bars and gave him some water and he was lucky
to
get that. This United States citizen was tortured right here in the United
States while everyone went about their daily routine. You know why this
treatment was applied to this person? Because he had the audacity to point
out the facility was not following its own rules. The situation came up
because the regulation stated that female guards were not allowed to be on
the cell block where the male inmates could be seen using the toilet and
showers. Well the command element of the facility decided they did not
have
to follow the regulations and would assign duties of this type to female
guards anyway. The inmate questioned this practice and pointed out that
this
was against the regulations and he ultimately wound up in the chair for
that
period of time. While in the chair he relieved himself there because he
was
not allowed out of the chair on the orders of one SFC Parham.

Let's recall the things this cabal has enacted that will allow this to
happen on a widespread basis in America; The USA ANTIpatriot Act, Illegal
wiretapping of Americans telephone and e-mail (to which some phone
companies
freely followed unquestioningly), executive orders stating that in an
emergency, to be determined by George, he will become the sole authority
of
the United States removing all powers of congress and other branches of
government. (I wish I were delusional and making this up but you can read
it
for yourselves, if you care to)

And the hits just keep on coming, I suggest to all Americans to stand up
for
your constitution now or forever hold your peace.

I have received e-mails and phone calls from people telling me how scared
they are to speak out about what is happening in our country now. Again, I
have to ask, what is scarier, demanding your legal rights or
totalitarianism?

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"A little patience and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their
spells dissolve, and the people recovering their true sight, restore their
government to its true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are
suffering deeply in spirit,
and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public
debt. But if the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have
patience till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning
back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are
at
stake."
-Thomas Jefferson