Well my turn. First let me say that my family has fought in every war this nation has had since in was a nation, myself being one of my family that has served.Now that that has benn said,when a nation has become so corupt or the government has got so out of touch, why not call for it to be parted out?Would I fight against the United States for a enemy power, hell no. Would I fight the United States if it became an enemy to it's people, hell yes.The United States is nothing more than a collection of like minded "states", once the centeral government has perverted the ideas of the founding fathers to oppress the common American, it becomes the enemy. Is that simple enough?My family, my county, my state, in that order. I owe no oath to any single government, I owe it to the People and the Constitution, period
Actually it's been an enemy to the people, technically, since 1861.
In Federalist 39, Madison made clear the following:
That it will be a federal and not a national act, as these terms are understood by the objectors; the act of the people, as forming so many independent States, not as forming one aggregate nation, is obvious from this single consideration, that it is to result neither from the decision of a majority of the people of the Union, nor from that of a majority of the States. It must result from the unanimous assent of the several States that are parties to it, differing no otherwise from their ordinary assent than in its being expressed, not by the legislative authority, but by that of the people themselves. Were the people regarded in this transaction as forming one nation, the will of the majority of the whole people of the United States would bind the minority, in the same manner as the majority in each State must bind the minority; and the will of the majority must be determined either by a comparison of the individual votes, or by considering the will of the majority of the States as evidence of the will of a majority of the people of the United States. Neither of these rules have been adopted. Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act. In this relation, then, the new Constitution will, if established, be a federal, and not a national constitution.
Finally, the war of northern treachery has never CHANGED the Constitution to impart nation-status to the Union, and hence Constitution must remain in effect as originally intended.
The fact is that the union was simply under false occupation under wilful misconstruction and rational ignorance; however under the law, the states are as free as they ever were.
Likewise, as Madison states, the term "the people" only applies to the states respectively, and not all states in the aggregate.
Hence, it's impossible to fight to defend a nation which never existed; and as such, no one ever has, since the US has never been attacked in its history by any other nation-- except in self-defense.
After all, the Founders knew quite well that an armed population was always the bane of tyranny-- and a standing army the bane of liberty; as such, there was no profit for any nation to attempt invasion of the US.
