2-22-10

I support the troops. I support the American people. I support the United States Constitution. Possibly some may read this article and say that I do not support our troops. Actually it is because of my support for the troops that I write about Ilario. My heart goes out to our brave men and women in the military. Your job is very difficult as it is and you don't need fanatics setting IEDs (Improvised Explosive Device) and killing you with sniper fire because they've heard the Ilario story.

To my way of thinking the US military is in business to guarantee what is written in our US Constitution and Bill of Rights. It is treason to engage in military activity which causes terrorist forces to make war against us. Bombing with drones and killing people who do not need to be killed pours gasoline on and rages the fire within fanatics and countries to make war against the USA. Our military stepping one foot in a country without being directed by the US Congress to engage in war in a country violates the US Constitution and is treason. In my opinion Ilario's story takes us another step toward Martial Law, communi$m, Dictatorship, and the putting Americans in a totalitarian police state.

The USA should be exporting for the world to see the best of America, Amendments 4, 5 and 6 of the US Constitution, for starters. We take steps to lose these rights at home when our military does not offer 4th, 5th and 6th Amendment rights to the people in countries we occupy. If our military guarantees 4th. 5th and 6th Amendments rights to the people in countries we occupy they will have done Something to Crow About and will win the hearts and minds of those people.

4th Amendment
'The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.'

5th Amendment

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

6th Amendment
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.

Pantano says he had a spiritual experience and was born again last summer. Since then, he said, he has been humbled and rededicated to serving others and God. Jesus' Royal Commandment is To Love Thy Neighbor as Thy Self. Time will tell how Jesus' Royal Commandment fits in to Ilario's foreign policy platform.