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"The military’s mission is to wage war, a duty from which it should not be distracted."

So wrong! The military's mission is to DEFEND the United States against enemies, foreign and domestic. That is why it is called the Department of Defense and not the Department of War.

The editorial's premise is WRONG, and it just goes on from there. Very fuzzy thinking. Sounds like "liberal reasoning".

[grania]

So wrong! The military's mission is to DEFEND the United States against enemies, foreign and domestic. That is why it is called the Department of Defense and not the Department of War.

I agree with you. Oftentimes, these discussions are started by those who are opposed to the military being used to defend our borders.

Their argument doesn't make any sense. Stopping illegals from entering the country is not the same as having them go into citizen's house and arresting them.

It's all a stall, while the military continues to defend borders all over the world, but not our own.

But, apparantly, access to cheap labor is more important than maintaining the integrity of US borders.

[ReaganCowboy]

I would encourage you to read the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and then the Third Amendment -- and then asked yourself 'historically, why would the founders insist on these two individual rights?' And then re-think whether Posse Comitatus should be abandoned to allow military units to act in the place of local, state and federal law enforcement.

The sword of justice is a fine instrument, but it is not a solider's sword.