The End is Near / Here
For the first time in 100 years, and going against a long-standing legal prohibition - Posse Comitatus - an active duty military unit will be permanently deployed inside the US.
Cheney's in the bunker, and as soon as Wall Street melts down, the lockdown begins?
Seriously, the timing is pretty interesting, given that it's just a few weeks until the election. Will Bush need to deploy US troops into American cities to quell uprisings from another screwed up election?
Are the Bushies preparing for citizens with pitchforks to storm the Capitol when McCain-Palin are "selected" in November?
Or maybe troops will be needed to restore order after an economic apocalypse? Do the powers that be fear a return of Depression tent cities like Hooverville, and riots when banks begin to fail?
Whatever, come October 1st a US Army Unit is to be deployed for "Domestic Operations."
From the Army Times: "[T]he 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team has spent 35 of the last 60 months in Iraq patrolling in full battle rattle, helping restore essential services and escorting supply convoys.
Now they’re training for the same mission — with a twist — at home.
Beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months, the 1st BCT will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command, as an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks.
[B]ut this new mission marks 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.[..]"
Yeah, earthquakes and hurricanes...but, I'm thinking as close as this election is going to be, they may be anticipating rebellion.
That unit has been trained to help with civil unrest and crowd control. Part of the training is learning to use so-called "nonlethal weapons designed to subdue unruly or dangerous individuals and crowds."
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Seriously - THEY're getting ready.
I hope THEY all are living in fear.
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