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Meet the General of the Militias, Jim Peyton. He says another militia general appointed him general. Apparently they appointed each other. Peyton said he shelled a thousand bucks out of his own pocket to travel from Bama to New Mexico to take charge of the militias.
Jim Peyton, who called himself a "general" of the Patriots of the Constitution militia. (via Facebook)
Hopkins also claimed to be working closely with another militia, Patriots of the Constitution, which is based out of Alabama but had traveled to New Mexico in response to the caravan.
When the SPLC spoke to Jim Peyton, who calls himself the militia’s general, on Oct. 25, he said that he and the group’s other general, Terry Kelley, had recently arrived in Columbus, New Mexico, just a few miles north of the Mexico border. They’d driven straight through, without sleep, for two days to get there, he said.
Like Hopkins, Peyton wouldn’t say exactly how many people besides Kelley were taking part in his militia activities, but claimed it was “over 100 people.” Peyton also claimed that he was in charge of all the militia activities along the border.
“All the other militias have been contacted. We’re all acting as one,” Peyton told the SPLC. “When they come here, I’ll be commanding officer. And they’ll follow my ord — the orders that we have.”
He said that everyone in his group had served in the military in the past. “We’re not a bunch of hillbillies running around with muskets,” he said. “People know what the rules are, what the rules of engagement are, what the rules of the border patrol are. And that’s how we’re operating.”
Peyton’s belief in a number of conspiracy theories prompted him to head to the border. Nigerians in the caravan? Check. Militants with the Islamic State? Check. Soros financing it? Check. His information, he said, came “from good sources, reliable sources, government-type sources.” What were those sources? He wouldn’t say. But he said he believed the caravan and other recent events were attempts to distract from what he saw as crimes committed by “the left.”
“Obama, Hillary, Schumer, Soros need to go in front of a military tribunal,” Peyton said. Asked what he meant by that, he replied: “Arrested. Tried by the military for treason.”
Caravan paranoia is tearing the border militia movement apart | Southern Poverty Law Center
And we don't need to go very far to figure out who their commander in chief is.
I think the above is more than enough for any rational person to make up their minds.
A GENERAL?? In order to have a military rank, one must be a member of an ARMY, and ARMIES serve COUNTRIES.
If an army does not serve a country, then they are either mercenaries, or they are anti-government insurgents, or they are private armies serving someone or something else.
In free republics, there's no room for two militaries, there is only ONE military. That military might have different branches but it is one military. This isn't brain surgery.
I don't care if all the members of this outfit served in the military in the past. They're not serving in the military now, they're serving in something that does not exist in a free republic, they serve in a PARAMILITARY army.
"paramilitary". Oxford English Dictionary (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. June 2011 [online edition; original published in June 2005]. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
Designating, of, or relating to a force or unit whose function and organization are analogous or ancillary to those of a professional military force, but which is not regarded as having professional or legitimate status.
Legitimate.
It all boils down to one word: LEGITIMATE.
If something is not legitimate, it is illegitimate, and therefore UNACCOUNTABLE.
This man is a general of NOTHING.
There is no place for an illegitimate army in a free republic.
