(excerpted from a letter from Specialist Michael New)
Dear Friend,...I volunteered to serve my country by joining the U.S. Army.
In January, 1996, I was court-martialed and thrown out of the Army -- because I refused to serve under the anti-American United Nations.
...like plenty of men before me, I wanted to serve my country bravely and honorably as an American soldier.
But Bill Clinton had other plans for me.
You see, I was part of a group of American soldiers that Bill Clinton ordered to Macedonia in late 1995.
But Bill Clinton didn't want us to go as American soldiers.
He wanted us to go as U.N. soldiers...under the U.N. flag...wearing baby-blue U.N. uniforms...carrying U.N. identification.
When I signed up for military service, I signed up to serve my country.
I was a good soldier --a regular Army medic who served in Kuwait and earned several medals and citations for saving the lives of my fellow soldiers.
Like every good soldier, I was trained to obey the legal orders of my superiors.
But Bill Clinton was now ordering me to strip the patch of the American flag off my right shoulder and replace it with the United Nations flag.
He wanted me to take orders from a U.N. General from Finland.
And Bill Clinton ordered me to carry a U.N. identification card which labeled me as a U.N. soldier!
Well, I just couldn't do it.
I had taken an oath to defend the American Constitution -- not the U.N. Charter.
And, yes, I had taken an oath to obey any legal order from my superiors -- in accordance with the Uniform Military Code of Justice.
But after weeks of research, I determined that Bill Clinton's orders were clearly illegal according to the Constitution and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Yes -- I was willing to fight and die in service of my country.
But it would be in an American uniform..under an American flag..taking orders from an American Commander.
The final order came down. All soldiers in my battalion were ordered to turn out in formation on October 10, 1995, wearing the U.N. uniform.
On that sunny morning, 549 men turned out for our battalion formation wearing the U.N. uniform.
I was the only soldier proudly wearing the authorized Battle Dress Uniform of the United States Army.
...The Commanding Officer then read me my rights.
And that's when my historic legal battle began.
Because I refused to wear the illegal U.N. uniform, the powers-that-be...court-martialed me.
They wanted to make an example out of me...to scare any other soldier who might refuse to wear the U.N. uniform.
In July 1996, they forced me to leave the Army under a Bad Conduct Duscharge.
For the past two years, I've fought to regain my good name.
On September 26, 1997, my case finally made it to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington D.C.
But the Court of Appeals refused to rule on my case.
So my lawyers are now appealing my case all the way to the Supreme Court!
Yes -- my historic legal battle will decide whether American soldiers are mercenaries who will be forced to wear the United Nations uniform and take orders from foreign commanders...
Or whether America is a sovereign country...
That is why I can't give up my fight...
...I fully expected to go to prison for making my stand. And I was prepared to pay that price.
But here I am today, involved in this historic legal battle...
Michael New
Without its enforcers, agents, workers, etc., oppressive government can't operate.
