To: SauronOfMordor
Posse comitatus forbids the Army from being involved in domestic law enforcement. It does not cover Marines. Nor does it cover militarized fed law enforcement. Wasn't the 101st Airborne Division used to quell the riots in Watts, CA after the National Guard could not do it? Also, I do believe that General Wesley Clarke and at least 1 tank was used at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.
22 posted on
07/22/2012 7:19:52 PM PDT by
NY Attitude
(Make love not war but be prepared for either.)
To: NY Attitude
"Wasn't the 101st Airborne Division used to quell the riots in Watts, CA after the National Guard could not do it? Also, I do believe that General Wesley Clarke and at least 1 tank was used at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas."
One was a riot (an insurrection). The other was not. And the best prevention against guerrilla warfare is good and moral government. We should not be taking our lessons from tourists who favor their subservient little reservations in third world slum countries.
31 posted on
07/22/2012 7:55:41 PM PDT by
familyop
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