Posted on 12/23/2008 9:37:10 PM PST by KellyM37
U.S. Military Preparing for Domestic Disturbances
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:14 PM
By: Jim Meyers
A new report from the U.S. Army War College discusses the use of American troops to quell civil unrest brought about by a worsening economic crisis.
The report from the War College’s Strategic Studies Institute warns that the U.S. military must prepare for a “violent, strategic dislocation inside the United States” that could be provoked by “unforeseen economic collapse” or “loss of functioning political and legal order.”
Entitled “Known Unknowns: Unconventional ‘Strategic Shocks’ in Defense Strategy Development,” the report was produced by Nathan Freier, a recently retired Army lieutenant colonel who is a professor at the college — the Army’s main training institute for prospective senior officers.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
Freier continues: “Widespread civil violence inside the United States would force the defense establishment to reorient priorities in extremis to defend basic domestic order … An American government and defense establishment lulled into complacency by a long-secure domestic order would be forced to rapidly divest some or most external security commitments in order to address rapidly expanding human insecurity at home.”
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn warned last week of riots and unrest in global markets if the ongoing financial crisis is not addressed and lower-income households are beset with credit constraints and rising unemployment, the Phoenix Business Journal reported.
Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma and Rep. Brad Sherman of California disclosed that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson discussed a worst-case scenario as he pushed the Wall Street bailout in September, and said that scenario might even require a declaration of martial law.
The Army College report states: “DoD might be forced by circumstances to put its broad resources at the disposal of civil authorities to contain and reverse violent threats to domestic tranquility. Under the most extreme circumstances, this might include use of military force against hostile groups inside the United States.
“Further, DoD would be, by necessity, an essential enabling hub for the continuity of political authority in a multi-state or nationwide civil conflict or disturbance.”
He concludes this section of the report by observing: “DoD is already challenged by stabilization abroad. Imagine the challenges associated with doing so on a massive scale at home."
As Newsmax reported earlier, the Defense Department has made plans to deploy 20,000 troops nationwide by 2011 to help state and local officials respond to emergencies.
The 130-year-old Posse Comitatus Act restricts the military’s role in domestic law enforcement. But a 1994 Defense Department Directive allows military commanders to take emergency actions in domestic situations to save lives, prevent suffering or mitigate great property damage, according to the Business Journal.
And Gen. Tommy Franks, who led the U.S. military operations to liberate Iraq, said in a 2003 interview that if the U.S. is attacked with a weapon of mass destruction, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government.
Well.....Here we go!
I think I’m ready to begin shopping around for a deserted island to move to.
They can hardly wait can they?It seems every other day a post like this is out & about .........the gubmint is gettin’ antsy.
Get ready to be “quelled”
I think they Generals words are very telling.We will see.
What was that slip Joe ‘the DC Idiot’ Biden made about making a decision we wouldn’t agree with but hang with them?
Right on! It's discouraging to see how many FReepers seem so willing to capitulate to whatever the government might want to shove down our throats.
I'm a Texan...that just ain't happenin'. :)
Would that be an island that has been foreclosed on?
Right. Like my teenage neighbor kid said last week, "Remember the Amalo!"
“Watch, we’re gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy. And he’s gonna have to make some really tough - I don’t know what the decision’s gonna be, but I promise you it will occur. As a student of history and having served with seven presidents, I guarantee you it’s gonna happen. I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate. And he’s gonna need help. And the kind of help he’s gonna need is, he’s gonna need you, not financially to help him, we’re gonna need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him. Because it’s not gonna be apparent initially, it’s not gonna be apparent that we’re right. “
That’s odd. I keep all my heavy weaponry at the local armory...
I found it interesting that over half of those who posted had nothing on their about page.
The enactment of martial law, ala NOLA, is enough to gag a maggot. Under Obama, given his Saul Alinski orientation, I fear we might soon envy the NOLA crowd.
I did like the fact that the Louisiana government insisted o keeping the Feds at arms length. Unfortunately, they also kept the first responders on the scene (Baptist volunteer groups, complete with supplied portable kitchens) from entering New Orleans.
Strange!
Get ready. The tyrants will define what constitutes “organized violence.” Be ready to defend yourself against their violence.
I'm a Californian and THAT ain't happenin' here either.
Yeah, that was it!
How many to contain 320mil people over the vast majority of North America...in possesion of over 300million firearms?
How many would choose not shoot at their brothers?
How many would join the "disorder" and bring their weapons with them?
Truth be told, NO US Commander or Politician knows the answer to these questions.
That's why they'll never test the outcome. This article is little more than drivel for the leftist/statist crowd to fanticize over.
“civil unrest brought about by a worsening economic crisis.”
Absolutely not true. The damn “civil unrest” is being brought about by the traitorous, corrupt and incompetent nincompoops that have been running our country and stealing our treasures, as well as the future of our children.
Now the same crooks are preparing to use our own military to kill us should we complain too loudly.
Let it begin, I for one am ready. If this must be, then let it be in my lifetime, so that my grandchildren may know freedom.
I know, I know, I am shooting from the hip and yelling into the darkness, but I am so damn sick of those crooks, and damnit, I WANT JUSTICE.
Rant over....
Now, have a Merry Christmas.
I recall that a few weeks ago someone re-posted a piece that was originally posted last spring - I think - in which it was reported that Congress had been briefed about an upcoming economic catastrophe that might require the mobilization of the U.S. military within our own borders and the imposition of martial law. Am I remembering correctly?
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