A good point. It's almost as if, had the Japanese sent an invasion force into California in 1942, we would have been nearly powerless. "No, no! No troop deployments! Let the local police handle that! Murder cases and property destruction are just the sort of crimes that the sherrif is equipped to handle. It would be improper to deploy troops to stop those 10,000 uniformed criminals. No law enforcement by the military under any circumstances!"
Since when is fighting enemy troops on our own soil considered domestic law enforcement?
Just curious...
Since we are in the perpetual war against a phantom enemy, are all criminals "enemy troops?" Is the next serial killer an "enemy combatant?" Does he get a 1-way ticket to XRAY - no trial, no confronting of accusers, no ability to compel witnesses?
This is scary. As sheeple, we have allowed the gov't to operate an eternal war against a philosophy, and seem overjoyed at the promise that the etheral boundries of this new-found power expand at a whim. All our problems are "terror" therefore any person who is a problem is a terrorist, and therefore denied all the constitutional protections afforded us who are, at present, on the good side of our gov't and popular opinion.
If you give gov't a hammer, expect to get hit on the head.