Pentagon Exploring Using Military to Patrol Border

Whatever happened to Posse Comitatus? The writer's of this article act as though it's a relic.

I don't want the military keeping me in when it's time to flee this failing state.

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The request comes as some Southern lawmakers met this week with White House strategist Karl Rove for a discussion that included making greater use of National Guard troops to shore up border control. The Senate is poised to pass legislation this month that would call for additional border security, a new guest worker program and provisions opening the way to eventual citizenship for many of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the country.

"The Texas delegation is very concerned about the border and are pushing urgency," said Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, who joined other Texas Republicans in a meeting with Rove this week. He said Rove was "very forthright" about border projects that Homeland Security is starting up, its current projects and what the needs are.
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Of course Kkkarl Rove and Texas would think it's just great to turn the military loose on he border and the streets of all those big liberal cities where they can round up illegals. It is consistent with the neoconfederate, evangelical - was that redundant? - view that is running the government into the ground and destroying the country.

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On Capitol Hill on Thursday, the House voted 252-171 to allow Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to assign military personnel under certain circumstances to help the Homeland Security Department with border security. The House added the provision to a larger military measure.
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Giving a lying, jackbooted, torturing , incompetent fascist bastard like Donald Rumsfeld more authority - as he would gain by he neocon drive to move the CIA under control of the pentagon, ought to be grounds for impeachment for the 252 - republicans, I bet - who voted yes to this.
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At its peak during Katrina, the military had about 22,000 active-duty troops in the Gulf region, along with about 50,000 National Guard troops operating under the state governors' command. The active- duty military provided ships, helicopters, search-and-rescue aid, evacuations and other assistance.
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Note how the article neglects to mention the mercenaries deployed in the Gulf region post Katrina. Don't want the public thinking about THAT too much.

We're in real trouble in Amerikkka.