[trebb]

So our soldiers are under orders to let themselves be disarmed and detained by foreign troops on American soil?

National Guard and it makes no sense to have them become dead in the face of overwhelming odds...go down there with a weapon and try to shoot it out with a few...then criticize....Dandy.

[TheDandyMan]

Is your reading comprehension off today, I started by saying I didn’t blame them considering how heavily outgunned they were? My concern is that our guys appear to be under orders to not resist, and may not have to option to try their luck or may face punishment if they do. Guns in front of them and bureaucrats nd behind them.

And do you not consider National Guard members on duty to be soldiers?

[Colonelbuzzsaw]

The National Guard has been guarding your butt since 1635. They are soldiers and airmen and have special status that the regulars don’t have. Posse Comitatus doesn’t apply to the NG on state duty. Regulars are not allowed police powers in the CONUS. The Guard is not restricted by that Civil War Reconstruction era law when activated by their governors. My understanding is that the Guard are acting under state orders and are not federalized for this mission. Yet.