20K troops stationed in US by 2011

[Zugzwang]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/30/pentagon-plans-to-keep-20_n_147283.html

i heard this an hour ago in the car on the way home, thought you all deserved to know.

tell your friends, family, loved ones.

i refuse to debate this, if you see nothing wrong with this PLEASE seek serious mental treatment.

that is all.

 

[hislegacy]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/30/pentagon-plans-to-keep-20_n_147283.html

i heard this an hour ago in the car on the way home, thought you all deserved to know.

tell your friends, family, loved ones.

i refuse to debate this, if you see nothing wrong with this PLEASE seek serious mental treatment.

that is all.

Huffington Post?!

You gotta be kidding.

 

[HopingForJesus]

I have many thoughts about this. I am not sure how I feel. It is kinda scary in a way. On the other hand, we do need to make sure our country is secure, but not to an extreme.

 

[Zugzwang]

Huffington Post?!

You gotta be kidding.

hey, thats the first link i copied when i looked it up on google. so if the story is legit who cares where it came from?

you wanna find a more reputable paper that says the same thing, be my guest and post it.

 

[Chaplain David]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/30/pentagon-plans-to-keep-20_n_147283.html

i heard this an hour ago in the car on the way home, thought you all deserved to know.

tell your friends, family, loved ones.

i refuse to debate this, if you see nothing wrong with this PLEASE seek serious mental treatment.

that is all.

We already have tens of thousands of troops stationed in the US. Your discontent is illogical. I particularly like what appears to be a reactivation of the Civil Defense Force. They served vital roles in our country previously, plus in many of our allies countries currently.

 

[ydouxist]

hey, thats the first link i copied when i looked it up on google. so if the story is legit who cares where it came from?

you wanna find a more reputable paper that says the same thing, be my guest and post it.

Here's another. It's from the Washington post.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/30/AR2008113002217.html?hpid=topnews

 

[Optimax]

It is US Troops.

Not China troops.

Or Russian troops.

US troops number far more than 20,000. now.

Helping with security in the world today is smart.

Thanks for the offer but I will pass on the mental check up.

 

[imperfectchristian]

What this tells me is that they believe attacks on U.S soil are imminent. It is only a matter of time before what we saw in the news in India this past week shows up here in the U.S. ... I would suspect multiple, strategic terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. I figure it will not likely be anywhere as frequent as attacks in Israel are due simply to convienence and the mutual hatred between Israelies and Palestinians in that country, but I think it is inevitable and that it is part of the new reality of global terrorism.

I think the build up of forces in Iraq did in fact protect the American people to a certain extent, but that it was only a temporary solution and that even though I think it has been effective in that regard, that it was not justifed on the basis of principle.

For the record: I was for us going into Afganistan and against us going into Iraq from the very beginning, so Obama's strategy concerning the war so far is one that I am very pleased with.


Concerning additional military troops acting liasion with state and local authorities, I think it is probably a smart move based on the fact that the U.S. military has the experience and manpower to fight this type of threat. Having said that, this terribly concerns me for a number of reasons (some already stated) one reason this is a bad idea, is that our military is trained to fight wars, not be policeman. There is a significant difference between the two.

 

[Zugzwang]

i think most of you are missing the point, i thought it was obvious.

the military is not supposed to be policing anything within its own borders period, that's not its job. that's why we have the national guard, cops, etc.

we're frogs in water with the temp going up minutely.

think nothing of it when it goes south and those "emergency immigration centers" (you know, the ones to help with the immigration problem in this country that nothing is being done about?) that don't exist are used to house US civilians instead.

move along citizen, nothing to see here.

 

[nephilimiyr]

i think most of you are missing the point, i thought it was obvious.

the military is not supposed to be policing anything within its own borders period, that's not its job. that's why we have the national guard, cops, etc.

we're frogs in water with the temp going up minutely.

think nothing of it when it goes south and those "emergency immigration centers" (you know, the ones to help with the immigration problem in this country that nothing is being done about?) that don't exist are used to house US civilians instead.

move along citizen, nothing to see here.

I agree, we already have the National Guard, there is no reason for these 20,000 army troops.

You might also find this of interest.

http://www.libertyforlife.com/jail-police/us_concentration_camps.htm

 

[Zugzwang]

yeah those were the camps i was talking about.

i know this will mostly fall on deaf ears, but that's not my job to make ppl listen.

my job, is to put it out there, which i have done. my conscience is clear.

all silly differences aside, if you are a citizen of USA, you need to take this seriously.

good day.

 

[~GodsMouthpiece~]

Whats the bid deal with a peace keeping force within the U.S.A?..Lots of people through the ages have had the same..Stalin, Hitler, etc..

 

[imperfectchristian]

i think most of you are missing the point, i thought it was obvious.

the military is not supposed to be policing anything within its own borders period, that's not its job. that's why we have the national guard, cops, etc.

we're frogs in water with the temp going up minutely.

think nothing of it when it goes south and those "emergency immigration centers" (you know, the ones to help with the immigration problem in this country that nothing is being done about?) that don't exist are used to house US civilians instead.

move along citizen, nothing to see here.

Yes I understand that, but you do realize that the same rules do not apply in a post 9-11 war? Should they??? Yes...do they? no!

The U.S. people have been dumbed down. They believe whatever the TV tells them to believe.

The patriot act is Unconstitutional!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNRSs6LsGeI

 

[Zugzwang]

i understand that those willing to give up their freedom for safety deserve neither.

i understand that.

i also understand that the way to keep democracy intact, is not to practice its polar opposite, fascism.

i'm not a "flower power" person, but know this. those that get new powers, seldom (read NEVER) give them back, or return things the way they were. those that think once "all of this" is over, that it'll be the way it was before 9-11 are SERIOUSLY deluded.

its just not a part of the human condition (sin) to make oneself less powerful.

 

[Yekcidmij]

Oh, man....I would love to be deployed in the US rather than far away in never never land. And I promise I would arrest Zugwang first for looking at me funny.

 

[imperfectchristian]

Oh, man....I would love to be deployed in the US rather than far away in never never land. And I promise I would arrest Zugwang first for looking at me funny.

It's already begun...but only if he was a surf boarder right yek...navy guy?

 

[nephilimiyr]

 

[Alpine]

You know what? Those troops would of come in real handy during Katrina.

That is essentially the idea behind this so Katrina or riots don't happen again.

 

[nephilimiyr]

You know what? Those troops would of come in real handy during Katrina.

That is essentially the idea behind this so Katrina or riots don't happen again.

The National Guard was mobilized for Katrina, there was no need for US Army troops and US Army troops is not the answer for what went wrong during Katrina.

 

[Alpine]

The National Guard was mobilized for Katrina, there was no need for US Army troops and US Army troops is not the answer for what went wrong during Katrina.

The problem was they were slow to get there. Of course, there was also a shortage of them since many were deployed overseas.