It looks as if the compound to go the pentagon is planning to deploy upwards of 20,000 troops in major cities in the USA. It would seem this infers the threat of domestic terrorism is more real than many would assume.

Yes, terrorist have changed their tactics. They are now targeting soft targets with the aim of causing mass casualities and destruction.

They are supposed to have troops in every major city versus sending them overseas. If you think about it, our homeland has no or limited defense. Out national guard is not here. If its ou National Guard why are they overseas?

We are supposed to have our miliatry here not fighting for another country that does not want us there. So having over 20000 troops in the US is under the Posse Comititus act, which is 130 years old.
What they are not is a military police. But wihtout the repeal of the martial law that was enacted during WWI and II they pretty much have caret blanche'

julie

Good point. The terrorists would have known this weakness. This is the time everyone in the US needs to be cautious as the terrorists always like to struck at the soft targets and with less intelligence gatherings.

Wrong...Wrong...WRONG! What the hell is the matter with you people? Have you read the Constitution and the
Federalist Papers? You have been fed so much crap by the "STATE" controled media that you are believing it!
The military can defend our borders but to be used as a police force would be akin to living in a third world country.
The politicians have taken away your right to self defense and fed you fear. So now you would welcome an invading
army of our own troops. Who do these troops take orders from? A despotic regime wether elected or not is still despotic!

_________________
Retired Navy SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape) Instructor
certified pistol, rifle, shotgun, home defense Instructor
NRA Life Member
Survival & Disaster Preparedness Instructor

Hey Sark ... you need to open-up a little and let us know how your really feel .

Generations of Americans have now grown-up in a public educational system without the benefit of learning/discussing our Constitution, Bill of Rights, or even the overwhelming role religion played in the founding of our nation. To a large degree, American history (even when correctly taught) has taken a back-seat to quasi-globalism and the learning about inclusion of "other cultures" into our society. Don't get me wrong, learning about other cultures is a good thing, but political correctness has deemed American history exclusionary ... to our own detriment. Likewise, the roles/responsiblities of the US military (vice National guard) is also misunderstood. For example, to this day many still do not understand that the President of the United States COULD NOT send military assistance (soldiers) into Louisiana to render assistance after Katrina until the Governer of that State AUTHORIZED them to do so. I'm not saying Bush was wonderful, but the media and opposition deliberately twisted reality (over and over) on that occasion to drive an anti-Bush policy ... which many just ignorantly relished. FWIW ... America can only remain true to her founding principles when its citizens understand those principles. Based on mutliple goverment administrations, I don't feel much comfort.