An Attack on the King's Soldiers...

is the same as an attack on the King himself. This used to be the standard applied to all acts of sedition in the British Empire. The Kings of England understood-far better than Dear Leader-the effect that unpunished acts of terror against the soldiers of the King would have if left unpunished.

Fast-forward to the recent shooting of two privates out of basic training in Arkansas. Where is the outrage? Far more attention is being paid to the so-called "late-term" abortionist in Kansas. To the tune of almost 6,000 more stories on Google News. While both cases are heinous, the murder of a private carrying out his federal duties while wearing a US Army uniform on American soil should be much more concerning. And punished much more severely.

The ordinary citizen should never feel free to take the law into their own hands. This isn't the Old West, or even Baghdad. There are systems in place that allow people who violate the laws put forward by our legislators to be arrested and tried by a jury of their peers. While it is not perfect by any means, it is still far better than the law of the jungle. I've got the training and the experience. Why not take matters into my own hands?

Because that robs the right of people to be self-determining. It steals free speech away in a hail of lead. And let's not forget that killing people is bad, even if they wear the uniform of the United States.

The abortionist should not have been killed for several reasons aside from all of this. It steals the rights of everyone-left, right and squishy center-to vote for laws and legislators they want to reflect the values they hold dear. It also makes the man into a de facto martyr for the cause of the pro-abortion crowd. Now he is not seen as the despicable human being he was but a courageous champion of the "right" to willy-nilly terminate life. And get paid lots and lots of money for his services.

While I find the man horrendous, the person who killed him should still be put to death. He willingly terminated this man instead of trying to persuade everyone around him that what he was doing was wrong. Instead of trying to use his free speech and open access to his legislators to get the laws changed. He is a coward and a murderer and I hope he is caught and put down like the rabid dog he is. But there is a critical difference between killing someone you despise and using the freedoms afforded by membership in our strange tribe to attack the very people who give you those freedoms. Which is exactly what Mr. Muhammed did.

He is being tried for 1st degree murder and various terrorist charges. Which is fine and dandy if the man he killed had been some random citizen. It was not some Joe Sixpack off the streets. These were two young men out of basic training who elected-remember that we have a volunteer force-to fight for the US in a time of war. Mr. Muhammed was out to attack the United States of America by attacking its soldiers. He had plans to kill as many soldiers as possible. The coward knew full well that recruiters do not carry weapons during the course of their duties. Yet in his twisted mind the seditionist probably thinks of himself as a martyr to his faith. I just wish he had tried to martyr himself against my unit here in Iraq. Might not have gone so well for Mr. Muhammed.

What the man should be tried, convicted and executed for is sedition. He should be tried under the Sedition Act for attacking the United States. His crime was much more serious than murdering some poor kid just out of basic training. He has fired the first shot in a revolution against the US. Let us all hope that the government gets on the ball and puts him on trial in the federal court sytem for crimes against the United States.

Personally, I am not hopeful for this.