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THE NEW AMERICAN -- September 19, 1994
Copyright 1994 -- American Opinion Publishing, Incorporated
P.O. Box 8040, Appleton, WI  54913    414-749-3784

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ARTICLE: Front Page Sidebar
TITLE: " 'I Am a United Nations Fighting Person' "
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AUTHOR: William F. Jasper

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On May 10, 1994, Marines stationed at the Twentynine Palms,
California Marine base were given a survey with potentially
frightening ramifications. The "Combat Arms Survey" asked the
Marines to respond along a scale running from "strongly disagree"
to "strongly agree" to the following questions and statements:

* "Do you feel that U.S. combat troops should be used within the
United States for any of the following missions? Drug enforcement;
Disaster relief...; Security at national events; Environmental
disaster clean-up; Substitute teachers in public schools; Community
assistance programs...; Federal and state prison guards; National
emergency police force; Advisors to S.W.A.T. units, the FBI, or the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (B.A.T.F.)...."

* "U.S. combat troops should be commanded by U.N. officers and
non-commissioned officers (NCOs) at battalion and company levels
while performing U.N. missions."

* "It would make no difference to me to have U.N. soldiers as
members of my team. (e.g. fire team, squad, platoon)."

* "It would make no difference to me to take orders from a U.N.
company commander."

* "I feel the President of the United States has the authority to
pass his responsibilities as Commander-in-Chief to the U.N.
Secretary General."

* "I feel there is no conflict between my oath of office and
serving as a U.N. soldier."

* "I feel a designated unit of U.S. combat soldiers should be
permanently assigned to the command and control of the United
Nations."

* "I would like U.N. member countries, including the U.S., to give
the U.N. all the soldiers necessary to maintain world peace."

* "I would swear to the following code: 'I am a United Nations
fighting person. I serve in the forces which maintain world peace
and every nation's way of life. I am prepared to give my life in
their defense.'"

The final statement of the "Combat Arms Survey" posed this shocking
scenario:

The U.S. government declares a ban on the possession, sale,
transportation, and transfer of all non-sporting firearms. A thirty
(30) day amnesty period is permitted for these firearms to be
turned over to the local authorities. At the end of this period, a
number of citizen groups refuse to turn over their firearms.
Consider the following statement: I would fire upon U.S. citizens
who refuse or resist confiscation of firearms banned by the U.S.
government.

Disclosure of the "Combat Arms Survey" by The New American touched
off a firestorm of indignation. According to Marine spokesmen at
Twentynine Palms, the survey was conducted as part of a Masters
Degree thesis of a Navy commander studying at the Naval
Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. John Sanders, public
affairs officer at the school, told The New American that the
survey was designed by the student "to determine if non-traditional
missions are undermining unit morale and cohesiveness" and was
supervised by two civilian faculty members, one of whom is a former
Assistant Secretary of Defense.

A news release from Sanders' office stated further that the idea
for the thesis originated from Presidential Decision Directives 13
and 25, under which President Clinton (CFR) "directed DOD to create
a U.S. military force structure whose command and control would
include the United Nations."

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THE NEW AMERICAN -- September 19, 1994
Copyright 1994 -- American Opinion Publishing, Incorporated
P.O. Box 8040, Appleton, WI  54913

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