Reply #16: This is about control of the National Guard as a defacto army. [View All]

[dixiegrrrrl]

Something I have been following for some time.
My antenna went up when I saw the Order was titled "Creating a Governor's Conference"
thus hiding one of the key issues.
for instance, Oregon is fighting against the use of the National Guard as an overseas army:
"The bill calls on Oregon's governor to ensure the Guard is only used in the presence of a "valid congressional enactment consistent with the Constitution of the United States of America."

"The Constitution gives only Congress the authority to declare war," said Richardson, who served as an Army helicopter pilot in Vietnam.

"If the new president, a constitutional scholar, wants to use Oregon's National Guard, he should only do so pursuant to a valid congressional resolution," he added. "The Oregon National Guard should not be treated like the private army of any U.S. president."

"This is the most important issue of our time: how and when to send our National Guard members into war," Shields said."
http://prorev.com/2009/05/local-heroes-bipartisan-effort-to.html

There is a HUGE State versus Feds argument going on, most people are missing that issue.