[Dog Gone]

We were not supposed to have standing armies.

Yeah, and the world stopped in the 18th century.

Nothing in the Constitution prohibits standing armies. In fact, the Constitution expressly provides that Congress shall maintain a Navy.

[moonhawk]

"Nothing in the Constitution prohibits standing armies."

(section 8)"The Congress shall have power......To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two years;..."