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Ever heard of Posse Comitatus ?

Passed in 1880 to get federal troops to stop bugging the former confederate states.

It does not apply to protecting the border. History proves this especially along the U.S./Mexico border in the early 1900's. In fact, the last (and possibly only) tank battle to be fought on U.S. soil was around that time in Naco, AZ which is just down the road from my house and the scene of much of our current border invasion.

We already have troops on our border in support roles - building fences, etc. We have aerostats run by the Air Force for drug interdiction purposes. And it was only until recent decades that U.S. troops stopped interdicting border crossers.

And besides all of that, the primary purpose of our military - one of its constitutional charters - is to protect our borders. This supersedes any civil war era law.

Comparing protection of our border to domestic law enforcement is like the Democrats thinking the 9/11 attacks were simply a criminal act.

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Crying foul on Posse Comitatus abuse is akin to getting out of a ticket by complaining to cop that as a taxpayer you pay his salary. It falls on deaf ears!

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U.S. Northern Command limitations General Ralph E. Eberhart, head of the newly established Northern Command, based at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado, which was "tasked" as of October 1st 2002 with the homeland security "mission", stated in the July 21st NY Times report cited above that, "we should always be reviewing things like Posse Comitatus and other laws if we think it ties our hands in protecting the American people", and that "Posse Comitatus will constantly be under review as we mature this command, as we do our exercises."

However, I might add...CINCUSA would be responsible for all Department of Defense related strategies and activities related to homeland defense issues