I've had one or two folks (out of hundreds) question the authenticity the 1100 signers.
Ladies and gent's the signers were not SOF (Special Operations) personnel, they were Special Forces soldiers. There is only one unit in the United States military called Special Forces and they are also known as the "Green Berets". This letter was signed by over 1100 "Green Berets". More have asked to sign it but we took down the website.

Currently there are hundreds of former, retired and active duty "Green Berets" on this website. But please don't take my word on the subject, if anyone doubts we didn't have over 1100 please speak up and allow the hundreds of Green Berets on this website to answer. Everyone that has a "Quiet Professional" title on this website is a verified Special Forces soldier, aka a "Green Beret". Feel free to send any of them a message and ask about the letter.



Also hundreds of you have joined in the last 72 hours and are about to post for the first time. Before you do go to our rules section and read it again.

http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...ead.php?t=3452

If you wish to post on this board your first post should go into the "Introductions" thread. This allows the other members to get an idea of whom they're speaking with.

http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...ad.php?t=36757

If you take a look around this website you'll notice a few things, there's no advertising and we don't sell anything. This website is dedicated to the Special Forces soldier, it's a website for us to discuss and catch up with old friends. As a courtesy we opened up the forums to the general public to interact and ask questions. That said we have very little tolerance for trolls or trouble makers. You don't need to agree with us, in fact we enjoy a spirited debate, all we ask is that you keep it civil.
Team Sergeant

I proudly signed it!

Signed it.

A proud signer!

Yep...Signed it :lifter

I signed it!

Another proud signer


CD

TS, I caught a blogsphere post covering this and the owner remarked, with some perception I thought, that one ought not to necessarily take the number of signators as the sole benchmark. Rather, aspiring despots ought to consider those still out there who didn't get to sign it at the time for whatever reason. Most of the glacier is under the surface kinda thing.

That was worth a :cool:

Also, it's gratifying to see that some are starting to focus on the balanced nature of what was actually suggested - words matter. A position with substance & suggestions as well. That is a good thing.

Over 1,100 signatures were collected in about 60 hours. There are MANY more who if given the opportunity would have gladly signed it. This was done in VERY short notice and we did very well. :lifter

It's a shame that some of the more radical sites are using it to promote their agenda and it is to be noted that we do not support those agendas.

signed it.

Excellent - thanks to all involved.

Yep...Signed it :D:lifter

Would have signed it, given the opportunity and guarantee all of my SFA chapter (79) would have signed. Our most popular scholarship fund raiser was an M-4 carbine raffle. That being said, as you may recall, Homeland Security sent out a memo a few years ago listing potential domestic terrorist groups to monitor. Military veterans and groups were prominently listed. With quite a bit of backlash and little to no apology. I believe this was done based on our obviously vocal willingness to uphold our oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Signed it.

One of my favorite comments about the statement so far was:

Those Green Berets don't just have our six, they have our 360!

As I'm reading through this thread I cannot help but think how proud the Colonel and Big Teddy would be.

This was my letter to my Congressman. I'm still working on the letter to the Lt Gov of IL who wrote about how she comes from a hunting family. :rolleyes: