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Title: Domestic "Security" Post by: Phoenix on 2008-12-01, 17:59 The Pentagon is planning on deploying 20,000 soldiers domestically by 2011 as part of a disaster response program. You can read the articles here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/30/AR2008113002217_pf.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27989275/page/2/ More specifics can be found here on the initial training of the troops: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/ To me this runs afoul of Posse Comitatus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act) and this is especially disturbing to note: Quote They may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control Does this not put American soldiers in a position to fire upon American civilians? What kind of "civil unrest" are they worried about, and is this not just a few steps away from martial law? Those of you who live in the United States and read this board, I implore you to take note of this and contact your senators and representatives if you find this to be a disturbing trend. You also have a new president on the way in. If he's as great as everyone seems to think then perhaps you might consider putting him to work on this as well.Title: Re: Domestic "Security" Post by: scalliano on 2008-12-01, 19:53 Two words, mate: Tiananmen Square.
Title: Re: Domestic "Security" Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-12-03, 22:07 Disturbing, yes.
It's a shame that "the country of freedom" is fading into a sort of doppleg?nger of its former self. I don't know why but I suddenly remembered the "Follow Freeman" chapter on HL2. Or playing as a insurgent in Insurgency. But thats just me overreacting, right? |