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National Defense Authorization Act - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 4th Dec, 2008 - 5:28pm
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20,000 Troops To Deploy...in America? Why?Post Date: 1st Dec, 2008 - 10:32pm / Post ID: #
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20,000 troops to deploy...in America?
The story flashed on the Drudge Report today during the program and it caught Glenn's attention. A few weeks ago Glenn had seen some reports that troops were going to be deployed around the country---why would we need 20,000 boots on the ground in America's cities?
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That's been coming for awhile, now. But will anyone question it? Nope. Will you even see this in the mainstream media, on TV, on ABC or CNN? Not likely, at least not in the true context of it. "For your protection," is what the government will say. Excuse me? Not likely. Military troops are not about protecting the individuals but enforcing government policy, enforcing the law. Glenn has it right:
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Post Date: 2nd Dec, 2008 - 3:59pm / Post ID: #
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That was a very interesting read. I know if something comes to past there are going to be some interesting happenings in this land. They thought the civil war was bad? I think there are more veterans who have seen combat presently in this land than the number of American forces they have available. I believe that many of the troops will not be able to do as they are ordered and come to the side of freedom. I hope that the president or whoever is behind this understands that if they do this then the face of America will change forever.
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Wow, I really dont like it, but it is a catch 22 type situation for the federal government. Look at Hurricane Katrina... Who do we and the media really crucify for the horrible response to the disaster...GWB and the Federal Government. The mayor and the governor of the state pretty much got a pass and actually became somewhat stars for telling the feds to get boots on the ground (much more polite than what was truly asked for by Mayor Nagin...his ineptitude of raising this issue resulted in him getting elected AGAIN!). World Trade Center goes down and who are we looking to for answers as to why we didnt stop it. Well, that would be the Federal Government again. The mayor of NY became a hero for his administrative abilities during the handling and cleanup, but the Federal Government was blasted for not doing things to prevent it. Giuliani didnt get any heat for not stopping it. So, honestly, having to rely on the national guard (which training they are not in charge of) leaves them open to criticism they cannot possibly fix...so I understand why they want a force that they can control. What I dont get is that the National Guard is way bigger than this 20k force and if trained correctly would be a much more nimble group to deal with emergencies of all varieties. The federal government already has basically unfettered use of the states national guards in emergencies. Look at the last couple bits of legislation:
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Wikipedia The Montgomery Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 provides that a governor cannot withhold consent with regard to active duty outside the United States because of any objection to the location, purpose, type, or schedule of such duty. This law was challenged and upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1990 in Perpich v. Department of Defense. The John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007 Federal law was changed in section 1076 so that the Governor of a state is no longer the sole commander in chief of their state's National Guard during emergencies within the state. The President of the United States will now be able to take total control of a state's National Guard units without the governor's consent. In a letter to Congress all 50 governors opposed the increase in power of the president over the National Guard. The National Defense Authorization Act 2008 Repeals provisions in section 1076 in Pub.L. 109-364 but still enables the President to call up the National Guard of the United States for active federal military service during Congressionally sanctioned national emergency or war. Places the National Guard Bureau directly under the Department of Defense as a joint activity. Promoted the Chief of the National Guard Bureau from a three-star to a four-star general. |
Why cant the national guards of each state be trained in the way that this 20k force will be trained? The states cannot say no to the President and Congress. If the concern is that a state will not help support another state in something that might be argued to be less than a national emergency and is more of a state emergency of large proportions, put some sort of a good neighbor clause into the various acts and commit neighboring state's national guards without permission of the governors of that state. There are over 400k national guards in service!
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Post Date: 3rd Dec, 2008 - 4:24pm / Post ID: #
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I can see who acts that need to be taken off the books but I doubt the congress will repeal them. If you give the government a specific power you can rest ashured that it will not give that power up. Just like taxes always go up you never see them going down.
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