Posted on 01/24/2005 11:57:43 AM PST by watchout
Exactly. PC in a nutshell prevents America's Armed Forces from enforcing local, state, and federal law on civilians. It gets a little bit more complicated, but roughly that is the guts of it.
Hmmm! So Korea/HST wasn't the first instance this prima donna said "Piss off!" to his Commander in Chief! No wonder Harry fired his ass.
"The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, which restricts military forces from performing domestic law enforcement duties, like policing, was enacted after the Civil War in response to the perceived misuse of federal troops who were policing in the South." That latter example...isn't.
When every government agency, tax collectors, wildlife, enviornmental, etc. can dress in military garb, use military weapons including tanks and conduct a military operation Possee Comitatus is, for all practical purposes, dead. Apparently the only organizations not allowed to conduct military operations on US soil are the US armed forces.
Such as?
Remember, the National Guard isn't subject to Posse Comitatus laws when activated by a state governor. So, would you rather have national guardsmen doing this sort of work or SF types?
"This isn't a step towards a police state, it's a necessary defensive measure in wartime. In previous wars we did a lot more than that and we still didn't turn into a police state."
It is indeed a different world we live in at the beginning of 2005 as compared with the late 1800's. Frankly, I was more outraged at the useage of ATF agents in the 90's against Ruby Ridge and Waco then our military working with federal agents to sniff out potential WMD at the Capitol recently.
As a former National Guardsman, I think that last line is *hysterical* lol... :)
Ike, Patton and Macarthur were all involved in putting down the bonus march.
This is the reason I did not trust or like any of the three.
The military has a far greater responsibilty to make sure a decapitation strike doesn't happen than to cater to every imaginable objection of reflexive objectors.
Were you aware that Texas has it's own militia...Texas State Guard. This isn't to be confused with the National Guard.
http://www.agd.state.tx.us/stateguard/default.asp?ldpage=about
In the late 1960s I was a Combat Engineer at Fort Belvoir. Our battalion was given riot duty for DC. We weren't used in DC but were used (my Company) at the Pentagon.
The Infamous handling of the Bonus Army of 1932
I believe 1 veteran was burned to death.
Bring in the U.N with them too
Patriot act
Man, you must have been born yesterday if you are concerned about the civil liberties implications of the USA PATRIOT Act. Either that or you're just another liberal with no handle on reality. (But I repeat myself.)
No Delta...just FBI.
You have Freepmail.
BTTT!
hey watchout, I gather from your recent posts you don't like the UN a whole lot. would that be a stretch to presume?
"The military has a far greater responsibilty to make sure a decapitation strike doesn't happen than to cater to every imaginable objection of reflexive objectors."
Exactly brother. We are on the same page.
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