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Originally Posted by joannej
U.S. troops are already being trained for civil unrest in the U.S. if an uprising takes place because of the economy. Surprised? Think about it. If one has no job, no home, no food, no water, and none of the necessities an individual works hard to achieve, there will be discontentment, perhaps in forms we never dreamed of. One only has to look at the past to learn for the future: Poland, E/Germany, Russia, and many other governments/civilizations that changed because people's basic needs were not met. We are not immune to change in the U.S. We can only hope and pray that our new President will be able to change the direction we were headed to in the past, and save our nation from greed for future generations. Now is the time to look beyond our pettiness and concentrate on what we can do individually to affect a better outcome for our country. Per the article, many other countries are looking at us in ways that should shock us out of our apathy. (NIMBY)
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I beg to differ. US troops today receive considerably more training than ever before on urban warfare and dealing with civil unrest - but not for action on US territory. The authorities and protections which severely restrict what US troops, even the National Guard, are legion, and they prescribe several legal steps which must be accomplished before any US troops can be used for a domestic incident, how the funding will be disbursed because troop commitments cost a lot of money and payment must be made by either the State(s) or the feds under tight scrutiny, and specifically what is to be done must be articulated in very specific form.
The U.S. Northern Command is responsible for when troops are used domestically, and NORTHCOM doesn't do anything without tremendous coordination with the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice.
We're just not that bad off....