You are right about the oath being forever! However as Ben said "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately" This has allready been done those inclined to liberty are fractured in various splinters
You have the Libs vs The Repubs,ect all! Time is on the tyrants side as the patriots can be picked off one by one while the ones doing the picking get to release the "facts" to the eager press that gobble up any info that is given to them that fits their beliefs.
If anyone in this thred has not yet read EFAD (http://matthewbracken.web.aplus.net/) you should it is a virtual blueprint of the tactics and motiviations that the North Amercian Union Folks will use
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