All this having been said, I think that the most disturbing thing about our armed forces being trained to kick down doors and disarm the citizenry has to do with the attitude our Government taken. Essentially, the Government (or certain elements of it) have taken the stand that the Citizens (us) of the United States are not to be "PROTECTED" by our Armed Forces but "CONTROLLED" by them. For some unknown reason, we are now the "bad guys", and must be herded and protected and disarmed for our own good! Hell, I thought I elected Congress ’persons’ to represent me, NOT to disarm me, monitor me, and mark me for a possible "concentration camp" candidate! What gives?

     For those of you who have not studied our most excellent Constitution carefully, go back and do so! If you check, you will find that our "founders" were so apprehensive about maintaining a "standing army" that they set up the "armed forces funding provisions" in such a manner that it is necessary to "refund" the Army every two years, whereas the Navy has no such provision... No one apparently thought of the Navy as a threat to their homes and firesides, and the thought of using our rather tiny (at that time) Marine Corps for operations in the interior of the United States would have been laughable.

     Congress was also apprehensive about our Army being used to enforce the law (as opposed to the local gendarmes) and passed something called the "Posse Comitatus Act" under Title 18 of the U.S. Code. This act prohibits the United States Army (and Air Force) from being used in a law enforcement roll. Unfortunately, no one thought about the Navy at the time. I also understand that the Delta Force is also exempt from the provisions of this act. Someone is "weasel wording" here since the obvious intent of the legislation was to prevent the United States Armed forces from imposing the will of the Government on the people! This is obviously the purview of local law enforcement, not the Armed Forces. The National Guard can be used to quell riots under control of the Governor, but the Active Duty Army is a "no-no"...

     For those of you who are not students of history, why in the world do you suppose that the British Bobbies were unarmed for many years? Do you suppose that it was because British Citizens were less violent than Americans or needed less control? Not true, the Brits were even more paranoid than their American Cousins. They have ALWAYS feared a "standing army" on British soil. The Brit understood the need for a standing navy (being an Island Kingdom), but a standing army gave them cold chills. When Robert Peel (the founding father of the British Police – hence the nickname "Bobby") suggested the National Police, the Englishmen would not hear of it unless they were unarmed – true story!

     It’s time to get our "sierra in one bravo" and start writing VERY STRONG letters to our Congressmen and Senators. Hopefully they are still responsive to our wishes and desires! If it has gone past that point we are in a world of hurt! Get busy, get hot and get vocal. Don’t take as an excuse, that "this is really good training for combat in foreign lands," the Military still has what we used to call "Combat Towns" that they can use for such training (it’s now called MOUT Training and MOUT Facilities so they don’t try to BS you with verbiage – "MOUT" stands for Military Operations in Urban Terrain).

     Folks, the entire situation does NOT bode well! Everyone snickers when the so-called "Black Helicopters" are mentioned, and anyone touting such information is immediately labeled an extremist or a Militia Type. There are "black helicopters" buzzing around our cities (I think they are just dark in color, not truly black) and I’m not so sure they are harmless in the long haul! I’m neither an extremist or a member of the Militias, and I’m beginning to get worried. We CAN do something about this! Write, Fax, call and e-mail your elected representatives and voice your displeasure in the strongest possible terms – but be polite, be literate, be very well informed (no innuendoes, no rumors, just facts!), and above all be PERSISTENT!

Best regards,

Dick

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