http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?cont … ;aid=10366
This is pretty scary to me. It seems as though the Bush administration used Katrina to get a bill through congress without being questioned on a number of points that put America on par - militarily - with most modern fascist dictatorships.
The ambiguous language in the recent bill, as well as a written statement by Bush in which he practically announces that he can and will bypass certain restrictions at his discretion, are doorways to use the United States Military as a governmental police force.
I could talk about it for days... but I'd like to hear what you all think.
Discuss.
I suggest you read the whole article.the article wrote:
"Beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months, the [1st Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division] will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North" -- "the first time an active unit has been given a dedicated assignment to NorthCom, a joint command established in 2002 to provide command and control for federal homeland defense efforts and coordinate defense support of civil authorities."
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For more than 100 years -- since the end of the Civil War -- deployment of the U.S. military inside the U.S. has been prohibited under The Posse Comitatus Act (the only exceptions being that the National Guard and Coast Guard are exempted, and use of the military on an emergency ad hoc basis is permitted, such as what happened after Hurricane Katrina). Though there have been some erosions of this prohibition over the last several decades (most perniciously to allow the use of the military to work with law enforcement agencies in the "War on Drugs"), the bright line ban on using the U.S. military as a standing law enforcement force inside the U.S. has been more or less honored -- until now. And as the Army Times notes, once this particular brigade completes its one-year assignment, "expectations are that another, as yet unnamed, active-duty brigade will take over and that the mission will be a permanent one."
This is pretty scary to me. It seems as though the Bush administration used Katrina to get a bill through congress without being questioned on a number of points that put America on par - militarily - with most modern fascist dictatorships.
The ambiguous language in the recent bill, as well as a written statement by Bush in which he practically announces that he can and will bypass certain restrictions at his discretion, are doorways to use the United States Military as a governmental police force.
I could talk about it for days... but I'd like to hear what you all think.
Discuss.
