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Active deployment of US Army soldiers to expand to 20,000 troops within US borders by 2011 -- (link)

Posted by znufrii Dec 2 '08, 13:56

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/30/AR2008113002217.html?hpid=moreheadlines (www.washingtonpost.com)

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We get more security and more troops get to see their families. Win-win. -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 14:01 18
- and you have active military troops performing domestic law enforcement duties. - znufrii Dec 2, 14:02 17
  - Hm. The opponents say it's for law enforcement, but the stated purpose is to be trained to respond to terrorist attack/catastrophe -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 14:06 8
    - and "to help with civil unrest and crowd control" -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 14:09 6
      - Would it be correct to say, IYO, that this is what the National Guard is for? (that might be the better solution) -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 14:15 5
        
        no, the National Guard operates under the same legal restrictions. -- nm - loosilu in Algiers Dec 2, 14:17
        
        exactly - znufrii Dec 2, 14:16 3
        
        trained? that's what I did for 3.5 years and they're better trained than the Army, which gets zero training for natural disasters. - loosilu in Algiers Dec 2, 14:19 2
        
        then is doesn't make much sense for the Army to be suddenly jumping into this role on a full time basis then, does it? - znufrii Dec 2, 14:21 1
        
        I don't know what they're up to. Our training program moved to NORTHCOM a year ago so this is not a new push by a long shot. - loosilu in Algiers Dec 2, 14:23
    - ok, that's night and day. the latter is what I did for 3.5 years and it is not law enforcement. -- nm - loosilu in Algiers Dec 2, 14:07
  - you'd better buy more guns or they'll oppress you. -- nm - mafic Dec 2, 14:04
  - well, the article actually doesn't say that's what they'll be doing. -- nm - loosilu in Algiers Dec 2, 14:03 6
    - From an earlier article -- (link) - znufrii Dec 2, 14:07 5
      - that can be done legally. -- nm - loosilu in Algiers Dec 2, 14:15 4
        
        doesn't mean I have to like it. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 14:17 3
        
        nor do I like the precedent of establishing a military command to deal with it, when a properly trained civil defense force would be just as capable -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 14:18 1
        
        Welcome to 2002. -- nm - loosilu in Algiers Dec 2, 14:20
        
        it's what the NG did in New Orleans. -- nm - loosilu in Algiers Dec 2, 14:18
so much for Posse Comitatus. -- nm - loosilu in Algiers Dec 2, 14:00
Hawt was right! It's Obama's secret army! Except it's Bush's, and it ain't secret. -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 13:59 1
- I bet they will actually be terminators, loyal to Dubya. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 2, 14:00

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