Domestic "Security"

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/con...ticle/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 and this is especially disturbing to note:

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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.

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