Do Bullets Keep Radiation at Bay?
If so, we're set: The government is transferring 20,000 troops to the homeland to protect against terrorist attacks.
Libertarians, My Libertarians!
Cruel to be kind means that I love you . Because, while I think you are mistaken, your hearts are in the right place -- yes, even you, Silas -- unlike some people . This Breitbart fellow (discussed in the link above), by all appearances, deliberately doctored a video of Shirley Sherrod to make her remarks appear virulently racist, when they had, in fact, the opposite import. I heard that at a recent Austrian conference, some folks were talking about "Callahan's conservative turn." While that description is not entirely inaccurate, I must say that a lot of these people who today call themselves conservative give me the heebie-jeebies.
My own view is that our best defense against stirring up terrorists and inviting attacks at home would be to bring a good portion of our troops home, particularly from the ME.
ReplyDeleteI share your concern about the militarization (and centralization)of "homeland" security, but note that the units discussed here are not simly troops with guns and bullets, but all would be "trained to respond to a domestic chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive attack, or CBRNE event".