Special Ops ready for missions on american soil?

[ls317]

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2007/06/special_operations_prepared_fo.html?nav=rss_blog


Special Operations Prepared for Domestic Missions
The U.S. Northern Command, the military command responsible for "homeland defense," has asked the Pentagon if it can establish its own special operations command for domestic missions. The request, reported in the Washington Examiner, would establish a permanent sub-command for responses to incidents of domestic terrorism as well as other occasions where special operators may be necessary on American soil.

The establishment of a domestic special operations mission, and the preparation of contingency plans to employ commandos in the United States, would upend decades of tradition. Military actions within the United States are the responsibility of state militias (the National Guard), and federal law enforcement is a function of the FBI.

[steve2470]

1. not good

This does not look good, unless someone can explain this in palatable terms.

[razors edge]

2. About time.

They have been using the well trained and highly paid officers of the FBI to carry out the trash for far too long. Now all those returning vets who distinguished themselves in Haditha can be rewarded with a stateside job where they can continue to hone their skills, and at the same time keep the FBI agents out of harms way from the scum sucking bastards who pay their wages. :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[Canuckistanian]

3. Is posse comitatus dead?

Or does it just smell bad at this point?

[MannyGoldstein]

4. Since The 4th Amendment Was Abrogated With Warrentless Wiretapping

I can't imagine why posse comitatus should be respected either.

[SeattleGirl]

7. It's been in the death throes for awhile now.

Looks like the funeral will be any day now.

[mopinko]

10. iirc, it was killed.

maybe there were a couple of whereas's and wherfore's but i do recall a discussion over the course of a couple of days here where it was slipped into a larger bill. katrina relief, maybe?

[terisan]

5. A Serious Threat. So we will have our National Guard out of the country and the

Special Operations inside our country. Bush can certainly screw things up.

[WinkyDink]

18. Sounds like a plan, to me. Add in some Blackwater and you're good to go.

[file83]

6. Are you friggin' kidding me?!? They want Special Ops forces to deploy domestically?

Umm...this is very dangerous. Can you imagine what they would have authorization to do to citizens they deem a "terrorist threat"?

Peace activists, political demonstrators go right to the top of that list. That's all any of us need: Special Ops breaking into our homes in the dark of night because we want to make "Bush Sucks" signs or something. And since they are military and our nation is the "warzone" - no warrants needed!

It's like any other mission in Baghdad after this.

They'll say "that would never happen" - but we all know that it already has in one form or another by FBI agents - only this time, these guys are trained to kill. That's all Special Ops does is kill kill kill, and then maybe gather some "intel" during the mop up stage.

This seriously disturbs me. I almost feel ill. :puke:

[wordsaladwithranch]

8. You are awakened at some ungodly hour

A hulking man with green glowing, insect-like nightvision goggles is hovering over you.

"You are guilty of subversive acts against the United States. Prepare for re-education."

Then comes the black bag.


Sorry... tangent...

[shadowknows69]

11. Yeah or just taken out by a sniper's bullet

at a peace rally because you reached for your suspicious looking pack of cigarettes.

[Extend a Hand]

9. K&R

[cascadiance]

12. We may need a "reverse" Seven Days in May...

We need to keep the good generals in place in our military instead of them resigining. They might be the only folks able to stop the possible fascist takeover later. We need to get the military to stop the whitehouse coup, which is kind of opposite the plot of that movie!

[Vitruvius]

13. Special Ops types are just what the Rethugs would use for a COUP.

That's how it's done in 3rd world countries worldwide.

And a big reason for posse comitatus -- prohibiting the use of the military inside the US -- was to protect against military coups.

[Daphne08]

14. This is truly frightening.

I cannot believe this is the country where I grew up.

Where the hell is my country?

[radfringe]

15. Commando ELEPHANT!

it's an elephant without underpants!!!

:wink: :nod: :hat tip: to Stephie and the Mooks

[CJCRANE]

16. Seems like these guys want "24" to become a reality.

As usual though they are "creating reality" because there simply isn't a justification for this.

It's goodbye America, hello Amerika.

[WinkyDink]

19. Didn't The Dick refer recently to Jack Bauer?

[WinkyDink]

17. Bush LIVES to overthrow laws and traditions! NO JOKE.