Homespun Blogger Symposium XXXV

This week President Bush is kicking around the idea of increasing the role of the US armed forces in reacting to major natural disasters here at home. This seems to be pushing up against the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 pretty hard. This law prevents the US military from acting in a law enforcement role within our borders. Following the Civil War, it made sense to provide a sense of sovereignty to the states that had law behind it from enforcing an overbearing federal government from wrongly using federal troops in a domestic role.

What are your thoughts about this mission creep for our military, especially in a time when we're at war with a major portion of our forces engaged?

When you're done with your response...please email me and I'll post your link!

See you on the high ground!

MajorDad1984

The Responses

Cursed by a Classical Education

Basil's Blog

Ogre's Politics and Views

Considerettes