[Mulder]

How are we going to protect America without foreign troops and a police state?

Let us see what Andrew Jackson had to say on the issue in 1829:

"As long as our Government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of person and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending; and so long as it is worth defending a patriotic militia will cover it with an impenetrable aegis. Partial injuries and occasional mortifications we may be subjected to, but a million of armed freemen, possessed of the means of war, can never be conquered by a foreign foe.”

[habaes corpussel]

""As long as our Government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of person and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending; and so long as it is worth defending a patriotic militia will cover it with an impenetrable aegis. Partial injuries and occasional mortifications we may be subjected to, but a million of armed freemen, possessed of the means of war, can never be conquered by a foreign foe.”"

What do you think Thomas Jefferson would say about his quote today?

[DoughtyOne]

Thank you. Great comments. I wouldn't mind seeing some study group work on a non-professional military. Frankly, at the moment I can't visualize how that would work successfully. The world is a rather complex place these days.