Posted on 05/31/2020 11:27:22 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
That is an interesting comment.
Did President Eisenhower wait for Governor Faubus to request assistance before sending in the 101st Airborne?
Exactly
“They should refuse to go if they are not allowed to defend themselves or anyone else.”
As reasonable as that sounds, it would be mutiny.
Possee commitatus (sp) does not apply to domestic insurrection. US federal troops can be deployed here for this.
nuff to make ya puke...
If you want to stop this crap, if it were up to me, I’d have had a few dozen Humvees and a thousand soldiers in battle gear knocking heads and breaking “terrorist” (Trump’s term) body parts through these cities. Every soldier would zip tie the violent scum for handoff to the local boys in blue.
I’m with you.
Things quieted down somewhat after the 1968 DNC Chicago riots when they were cracking heads.
Good analogy. However, Napoleon was not the best example to site. He too was a loser. Lol!
IMO, they should be using their weapons when even one is attacked or threatened.
The stage has been set in both cities with the mayors asking for help and “identifying” an tifa as the terrorists. Trump can now do what Ike did in Little Rock in 1957!
Eisenhower and the Little Rock Crisis
Can you imagine armed troops blocking you from going to school? That’s what happened in Little Rock, Arkansas in the fall of 1957. Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling at Central High School. Central High was an all white school.
The 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Topeka made segregation in public schools illegal. Governor Faubus defied this decision. He also defied a 1955 ruling (Brown II). The 1955 decision ordered that public schools be desegregated with all deliberate speed.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower was presented with a difficult problem. He wanted to uphold the Constitution and the laws, but also avoid a possible bloody confrontation in Arkansas, where emotions ran high. What do you think Eisenhower did?
President Eisenhower, who was vacationing in Newport, Rhode Island, arranged to meet Governor Faubus there to discuss the tense situation in Little Rock. In their brief meeting, Eisenhower thought Faubus had agreed to enroll African American students, so he told Faubus that his National Guard troops could stay at Central High and enforce order. Once back in Little Rock, Governor Faubus withdrew the National Guard. A few days later, 9 African American students slipped into the school to enroll and a full scale riot erupted. The situation quickly ran out of control, as Governor Faubus did nothing to stop the violence.
Finally, the mayor of Little Rock appealed directly to President Eisenhower for help.
Eisenhower knew he had to act boldly. He placed the Arkansas National Guard under federal control and sent 1,000 U.S. Army paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division to assist them in restoring order in Little Rock. The daring tactic worked and the African American students were enrolled without further violent disturbances. The law had been upheld, but Eisenhower was criticized both by those who felt he had not done enough to ensure civil rights for African Americans and those who believed he had gone too far in asserting federal power over the states.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rJA2dm88zakn_RXo9zkeb66qhEPp9tSbRrlBxlxLZCM/edit
The commanding General should say , my troopers are not going without their weapons.
Yup. The “terrorists” (Trump’s term) need to bleed. Otherwise, it’s just means of entertainment for these thugs.
Remember when Herbert Hoover deployed the army to DC (commanded by Gen Douglas MacArthur himself), with tanks and everything, to crush a bunch of WWI vets who were protesting in DC?
The idea of “posse comitatus” only applies to members of the “regular” army and the air force. The entire Marine Corps, and everybody that counts as “special forces” are exempt.
The idea of “posse comitatus” only applies to members of the “regular” army and the air force. The entire Marine Corps, and everybody that counts as “special forces” are exempt.
Don’t forget 1932.
Agreed. These guys can’t even defend themselves in an active war zone. Now they will be targets, our sons and daughters. Ridiculous. Posse cmmitatus is dead. Next they will be door to door with gates frankenvax.
No, Ike waited until the Mayor of Little Rock asked him for help!
The two involved mayors in Minnesota have declared that their cities have been under attack by out state terrorists, Antifa. They have asked for help.
AG Barr has declared Antifa to be a terrorist organization.
The table has been set up by these mayors and AG Barr.
The stage has been set in both cities with the mayors asking for help and “identifying” Antifa as outside terrorists. Trump can now do what Ike did in Little Rock in 1957!
Eisenhower and the Little Rock Crisis
Can you imagine armed troops blocking you from going to school? That’s what happened in Little Rock, Arkansas in the fall of 1957. Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling at Central High School. Central High was an all white school.
The 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Topeka made segregation in public schools illegal. Governor Faubus defied this decision. He also defied a 1955 ruling (Brown II). The 1955 decision ordered that public schools be desegregated with all deliberate speed.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower was presented with a difficult problem. He wanted to uphold the Constitution and the laws, but also avoid a possible bloody confrontation in Arkansas, where emotions ran high. What do you think Eisenhower did?
President Eisenhower, who was vacationing in Newport, Rhode Island, arranged to meet Governor Faubus there to discuss the tense situation in Little Rock. In their brief meeting, Eisenhower thought Faubus had agreed to enroll African American students, so he told Faubus that his National Guard troops could stay at Central High and enforce order. Once back in Little Rock, Governor Faubus withdrew the National Guard. A few days later, 9 African American students slipped into the school to enroll and a full scale riot erupted. The situation quickly ran out of control, as Governor Faubus did nothing to stop the violence.
Finally, the mayor of Little Rock appealed directly to President Eisenhower for help.
Eisenhower knew he had to act boldly. He placed the Arkansas National Guard under federal control and sent 1,000 U.S. Army paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division to assist them in restoring order in Little Rock. The daring tactic worked and the African American students were enrolled without further violent disturbances. The law had been upheld, but Eisenhower was criticized both by those who felt he had not done enough to ensure civil rights for African Americans and those who believed he had gone too far in asserting federal power over the states.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rJA2dm88zakn_RXo9zkeb66qhEPp9tSbRrlBxlxLZCM/edit
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