Why a Military Should NOT be used Domestically

Because governments cannot help themselves from using these forces against protestors who call for the resignation of the government.

That is why Posse Comitatus exists as a principle of American government- or did exist, for 230 years! Posse Comiatus explicitly forbids the use of military force domestically, for the purpose of law enforcement. Posse Comitatus was meant to protect your interests, in so far as it protects you by protecting your rights (for example, the right to protest), by preventing the military from controlling you by way of force. Posse Comitatus separated us from third world countries, in which the military opens fire upon, gasses or otherwise disperses crowds of protestors unhappy with their governments. However, it tragically seems that Posse Comitatus was, and no longer is.

In late September 2008, the Executive branch of the criminal government presiding over the USA (I principle, the ‘USSA’) overstepped its authority by giving itself the authority to station the First Brigade Combat Team of the Third Division on domestic soil. The Brigade is to be used for tasks such as quelling emergency situations, crown control and civil unrest. Crown control and civil unrest? Like protestors, maybe?

And naturally, the Executive authorized itself to maintain authority over the Brigade, as well as others like it to be instituted for domestic use. Posse Comitatus does (or did) allow the Legislative Branch, or the Congress, to authorize the use of military use domestically, in emergency situations. For obvious reasons though, it did NOT authorize the Executive or Presidential branch to make that decision (e.g., a President does not to leave office so he calls in the military to maintain his post for him; or the President threatens to declare Martial Law if the Congress does not vote how he would like it to on a proposal; etc.).

Do you see how Posse Comitatus protected Americans? In essence, it prevented the Executive (Presidential) branch from using the military for its own purposes, willy nilly. It empowered the Legislative (Congressional) branch to use the military when it actually needed to be used (for example to secure our southern boarder against mass immigration!). What it did was ensure that the military would never be used against the people.

Well, the First Brigade is already here, and unfortunately others are on the way. I don’t know how this will play out, but I know the Executive would not pull the Brigade from Iraq, retrain and restation it here if it did not expect the need to do so!

Now incidentally, we are not the only ones with this problem. German Chancellor Angela Merkel (who is ‘No Angel’) of the Christian Democratic Party is, along with Germany’s Social Democratic Party, pushing for legislation which will allow the German government to use German military forces domestically- and for the EXACT three same purposes as the American military is to be used! Connect the dots, people!

On a final note though, I would like to discuss the current situation in Thailand, effective October 7th 2008. Apparently, the Thai government got tired of the thousands of nuisance protestors, protesting outside of Parliament, demanding that their no-good government resign. Unfortunately, this government has not made good on its promises, and the people want it OUT immediately. So what was the government’s solution? Why it used the national military to quell the routy crowd, of course!

In a situation where 1) the government is threatened with loss of power by the people; and 2) has authorized itself to use the national military against the people, the temptation not to do so is too powerful. It will do so, justifying this action by declaring the situation an emergency, then proceed to maintain civil order through crowd control.