Over the past 100 years or so, an intriguing, yet powerful phenomenon has been witnessed by mankind, regardless of culture, history, or circumstances.  When citizens of any nation have seen their country overrun by foreign invaders or become governed by an oppressive and autocratic state, individuals would often form a "resistance" organized to stand up to the occupiers or oppressors and to fight for freedom from within.  In fact, this very nation owes its lifeblood to a resistance movement born of like minded individuals who believed so firmly in the principles of freedom and the individual rights of man, that they were willing to forfeit life and limb and security to band together to fight to protect those freedoms.  It is this courageous spirit, intrinsic to countless brave men and women across the world, that I now ...