From the Radio Free Michigan archives ftp://141.209.3.26/pub/patriot If you have any other files you'd like to contribute, e-mail them to bj496@Cleveland.Freenet.Edu. ------------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Linda- What has the world come to when the Russian army is more moral than ours? For your information, I'm including below a snippet of an e-mail message I received today from a friend in St. Petersburg. Political situation in the country is very bad. The war in Chechnya makes everything, including economical positions worse. Everything is still incredible. What sort of medal have you prepared and how do you plan to deliver it after Warren Christopher refuses? Why don't you Fed-ex it to Babichev? How much have you spent? I'd like to chip in. This is a great idea. Brad - - - - - - - - - - - - begin included text - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From 71163.1350@compuserve.com Tue Dec 27 14:23:34 1994 Date: 27 Dec 94 17:20:47 EST From: "Linda D. Thompson" <71163.1350@compuserve.com> To: Subject: Re: Hurry on down and get your personal ID transponder THIS PRESS RELEASE, WITH ARTWORK (FULL PAGE) IS AVAILABLE AS A .TIF FILE DOWNLOAD AS MEDAL.ZIP FROM AEN NEWS, 317-780-5211. U.S. MILITIA TO AWARD MEDAL TO RUSSIAN COMMANDER-12/25/1994- Indianapolis, Indiana (AEN) The Adjutant General of the Unorganized Militia of the united States today announced that the Militia would make its first award of a Medal of Valor in this century to Russian Commander, Major General Ivan Babichev. When General Babichev was ordered by Soviet President Yeltsin to Invade the independent Republic of Chechny with Russian military earlier in December, he refused to obey the order and was interviewed on international television, saying, "They (russian leaders) can condemn us, but we are not going to shoot. We're not going to use tanks against the people. We are not going any farther. It is not our fault that we are here. We did not want this. this contradicted the Constitution. It is forbidden to use the Army against peaceful civilians. It is forbidden to shoot at the people." Linda Thompson, Adjutant General of the Unorganized Militia of the united States, said, "The Militia of the united States is awarding teh Medal of Valor, the first such award in this century, to General Babichev, because what he did was morally right and required great courage. He obeyed the supreme law, the Constitution, and to do so, he had to defy his superiors and Boris Yeltsin at great personal risk to himself. We will ask the Secretary of State of the United States to make arrangements to present this award to General Babichev. There is no other honorable course." Thompson explained that "The militia in the United States fought for this country's freedom from tyranny in 1776. As a result, our forefathers insured, in our Constitution, that if any tyrant ever attempted to use military force against the citizens, that the citizens would always be armed and that the militia would always be available to fight this unlawful use of military force. That is what the militia and the people of the independent republic of Checkny are doing no--fighting for their freedom from tyranny." "For the United States to endorse the use of tanks and military against the citizens of a free republic, is to endorse tyranny and to mock freedom." "We have only to look to history to know that during World War II, if more soldiers had been as brave as General Babichev, perhaps Hitler would never have succeeded in his murderous crusades," Thompson said. "The President of the United States openly supported Boris Yeltsin as he abrogated the Constitution of the Soviet Union and ordered tanks and military to attack the parliament. Whenever a leader disregards the supreme law of a country, he is nothing more than a dictator, a tyrant, using military force to achieve his ends. He is no different than Napolean, Hitler, or Attila the Hun. Neither the President of the United States nor the President of the Soviet Union has any regard for the sacred laws and foundations of their countries, nor the independence of the people of their countries, and we condemn them as the tyrants that they are," Thompson continued in her prepared statement. "General Babichev is an example of honor and courage to the world. We can only hope that the military leaders of this country and of other nations, will recognize their duties to the people of their countries, and their solemn oaths to uphold their constitutions, so well as General Babichev." Contact: Gen. Linda Thompson UMUS 317-780-5203 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.i iQCVAgUBLwDOLyNonDbi/Hs9AQENFgQAnRimHRyH3JaHMeawWVhiTqReUmaEIVUj tIWF2E8nWu8rBgsYB6Eyste2S5gVKnFyT0VW3sCvhTtN2WdCaFHf42At6bBJNWDh XvGNkg/Tpv502alQVDB2z09LhU/mcxzsgyAniyO6u1vX9PxX2eImdYGqM4GKWK1d 1j/q98L3giQ= =DgKU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------ (This file was found elsewhere on the Internet and uploaded to the Radio Free Michigan archives by the archive maintainer. All files are ZIP archives for fast download. E-mail bj496@Cleveland.Freenet.Edu)