That is the lamest exuse ever. Please come up with a better argument.
"I saw a whole lot of people on this forum yelling to put troops on the border, and snickering that the National guard was patrolling the airports with unloaded guns."
The military's presence at airports was only meant to be a temporary safety precaution, not a permanent policy.
"You tell me given the fact that Bush as CIC can declare martial law anyway."
I want to know what martial law means to you, before I answer that question.
Military courts and Military police. I went to college too.
Martial law is just what it sounds like.
Governance is taken out of the hands of the civil authorities and given to the military which can impose such rules as it sees fit to restore and maintain order.