Hitler had SS, Saddam had Republican Guard, Bush needs Republican Guard

[yurbud]

for next wars.

Our military and those of essentially all industrialized nations pride themselves on being apolitical and subject to elected civilian governments.

The Bush administration has tried to change this in a number of ways from purging generals whose advice he didn't like to tacitly allowing the Air Force Academy to become an Evangelical institution, to pumping Fox News and Rush Limbaugh into the troops, but this is wrong.

Instead, the right should use their vast resources to form a Republican Guard to execute their foreign hegemony plan and leave the existing military to actually defend the United States.

Like our existing military, it would be all volunteer, but they could be allowed to have any political, religious, or sexual orientation litmus test they want.

And they should definitely have a unique uniform, maybe like those in Starship Troopers.

They probably already thought of this and calculated exactly how many of their followers would volunteer (zero), which is why they are resorting to much higher priced mercenaries instead.

The good news is support in the military for Bush's policies is declining to the point that we might soon see them refusing to act as shock troops for wars of conquest to enrich Bush's friends, and that will create a new red line no president dare cross, just as after Nixon ended the draft, no president would dare call for bringing it back.

[dchill]

1. "Bush needs Republican Guard"

He's got it. It's called the FBI, a long-standing Republican orginazation.

[Nomen Tuum]

22. He has it, it's called THE CHURCHES

Kooks like Force Ministries that has infected the top echelons of the military

http://www.forceministries.com/

Don't forget the millions who belong to the Presidential Prayer Team

http://www.presidentialprayerteam.com/

this is the garbage that passes for religion nowadays. Welcome to living in the Union of Soviet Jesus Republics, folks!

[hlthe2b]

2. He's surrounded by a Republican Guard...

Problem for him is they are all (like him) CHICKENHAWKS!

[yurbud]

6. exactly

[chefgirl]

3. Food for thought

I've kind of had almost this same thought kicking around in my head for a while now regarding all those mercenaries he's got employed in Iraq.

Exactly who is being trained over there?? And what for??

It would explain all that 'lost' money.
It might also explain why 'our' soldiers have been so ill prepared, under equipped, over worked, and deployed over and over again. After all, what is the purpose of the National Guard anyway? Weren't they an offshoot of what we initially referred to as the 'militia' the first time we had to fight a 'King George'?

Tin foil firmly in place, thanks.

-chef-

[yurbud]

8. training in Iraq = obedience to us

the whole training argument drives me nuts. Those people aren't apes who just descended from trees and learned to walk upright. They have had police and a military before and could put together passable versions on their own.

What the Bushies want is a force that obeys our orders and fights the insurgents to protect American oil companies interests.

[ragin_acadian]

12. maybe it is the new Mujahadeen.

are we training a new generation of America hating terrorists that will strike us in 20 or less years?

perpetuate the cycle?

just a thought.

[yurbud]

17. yep--for war machine that's a plus

[hollowdweller]

4. How do you know he doesn't already have a force like that?

Some concerned staffer will probably leak it later this year.

It would be a private army though. Paid for by Bush family riches. Blackwater esque.

[yurbud]

9. part of my point is they can only have what they can buy

[chefgirl]

15. That was kind of what I was getting at

Can't train them in this country, so offer them some OJT while they're over there blowing away innocent Iraqis.

-chef-

[Fridays Child]

5. Perhaps College Republicans would wear the uniform for B*sh.

As long as they don't actually have to go to war, they would probably love all of those bright, shiny buttons.

[yurbud]

10. Brownie could design since he said he's a fashion god

[PWRinNY]

7. Onward "Christian" Soldiers

He's got an army all right. The radical right that's hijacked the GOP!

[chat_noir]

11. don't forget those FReeper Protest Warriors

:rofl:

[rpgamerd00d]

13. Only if the Freepers Mom's let them out of their basements...

:D

[meow2u3]

14. The Republican Party IS the Republican Guard

:evilgrin:

[Dan]

16. Bush has his SS

called the Secret Service. They traded their role as being the protector of his physical safety, to safeguarding his sorry ass from those that disagree with him.

[yurbud]

18. Secret Service weren't doing the ejecting from speeches and went to some

pains to let protesters know that it was party thugs.

I've read other articles that have said those guys aren't too happy with Bush either. They've probably heard a lot that strains their vows of silence.

[Dan]

23. good point...

and thanks for the clarification...

[Vidar]

19. Nah, bush is a brownshirt man--keystone cops like FEMA.

[Disturbed]

20. 20,000 Mercs in Iraq.

More coming from Latin America. The Neo Fascist Regime of Bush will supply more Mercs as the Amerikan Forces are burnt out. The oil of Iraq will be defended!


"The terrorists want to control the oil. Our way of life will be at risk". George W. Bush (Nov. 2005)



Bush Regime Iraq Successes (Phase 1)

1. Saddam will no longer sell Iraqi oil via the Euro.

2, A military foothold in the ME. Other than Saudi Arabia.

3, No countries will be able to buy Iraqi oil that the U.S. disapproves of.

4. The Multi-Intl. Oil Corps are reaping great profits.

5.The Military Industrial Complex is a booming Industry.


Phase 2?

[Vidar]

25. Right on!

[rman]

21. * has mercenaries,

the private armies of some of his corporate buddies.
ie Blackwater, Dyncorp

[Toucano]

24. But Bush has the New York Times and CNN. n/t