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Am I saying that, on October 1st, federal troops will be patrolling the streets and enforcing martial law? Of course not. And, so, on Wednesday morning it will appear to most people that nothing about their world has changed at all. What will have changed is the far less visible context in which their civil liberties function. As of October 1st, the army will be standing by to 'assist' the the federal government in wide-ranging and vaguely-defined functions such as disaster relief and crowd control; the mechanism for martial law will be in place. It is a mechanism that the state intends to have constantly cocked to fire. The Army Times reports, After 1st BCT finishes its dwell-time mission, expectations are that another, as yet unnamed, active-duty brigade will take over and that the mission will be a permanent one.



No media has taken notice of the jarring context shift in the U.S. military's relationship to the U.S. citizen. that task is left to bloggers and YouTube and discussion BBs.







It may seem benign reading through this, but once you understand the nature and danger of this illegal use of American military forces on civil setting, you can filter this information through that lens and know that we're

watching the launch of a new level of uniformed armed and armored security

forces ready to clamp down on organized dissent inside the United States,

again, heretofore utterly unlawful. As far we know, the use of the military in domestic or civil activities is prohibited by law, except the national guard unites which fall under the authority and aegis of the states. The following story is told from the Pollyanna view of an Army Times reporter, not from an objective analyst's. Inside these paragraphs are some frightening realities, among them the fact that multiple units of service branches are training to do what local police now do, except thatthe full weight of Defense Department deployment of military force will takeover our streets much the way the 3,700-strong police force locked down St. Paul and the Target Center during the RNC.It may seem benign reading through this, but once you understand the nature and danger of this illegal use of American military forces on civil setting, you can filter this information through that lens and know that we'rewatching the launch of a new level of uniformed armed and armored securityforces ready to clamp down on organized dissent inside the United States,again, heretofore utterly unlawful.



verge on conspiracy theory when analyzing the establishment of a martial law context.



Based on the above statements, it appears the government is anticipating some extremely serious public outrage and protests - large enough to need the help of the Army and other branches of the military who have been called upon to help in this â€œmissionâ€. What is the Bush administration preparing itself for, and what action will trigger these protests they anticipate will require military intervention to quell?



Another source speculates on whether the army is being put on stand-by to quell the surge of outrage when voting machines declare "McCain wins by a landslide!" Personally, I am not much of a conspiracy theorist...but I do note the timing.



Almost everyone (including me in the above-referenced



Crying out IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL! will not make a whit of difference to whether or not there are military boots on American streets, military sons performing crowd control on those who dissent. At first, there will be public protest but, soon, people will come to accept the American military being used against American citizens in much the same way they shrugged off military and mass-civilian deaths in Iraq, or looked the other way at the use of torture, or defended the rape of civil liberties by the Patriot Act. America has gone too far down the road to totalitarianism for the process to reverse within the next several years. Indeed, many Americans are proud of the Total State's zero-tolerance. I do not despair about the prospects of liberty -- there are a few very bright spots in the world right now -- but I no longer believe that freedom will grow in American soil for quite some time. Back to category overview Back to news overview Older News Newer News



One such venue is e-democracy where member Andy Driscoll posts Some commentators verge on conspiracy theory when analyzing the establishment of a martial law context.Another source speculates on whether the army is being put on stand-by to quell the surge of outrage when voting machines declare "McCain wins by a landslide!" Personally, I am not much of a conspiracy theorist...but I do note the timing.Almost everyone (including me in the above-referenced Sept. 22nd post ) notes that the federal government is violating the Constitution and specifically the the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 which prohibits the federal military from taking on police duties within American borders. It states, Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. -Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1385Crying out IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL! will not make a whit of difference to whether or not there are military boots on American streets, military sons performing crowd control on those who dissent. At first, there will be public protest but, soon, people will come to accept the American military being used against American citizens in much the same way they shrugged off military and mass-civilian deaths in Iraq, or looked the other way at the use of torture, or defended the rape of civil liberties by the Patriot Act. America has gone too far down the road to totalitarianism for the process to reverse within the next several years. Indeed, many Americans are proud of the Total State's zero-tolerance. I do not despair about the prospects of liberty -- there are a few very bright spots in the world right now -- but I no longer believe that freedom will grow in American soil for quite some time. Printer Friendly Wendy McElroy - Sunday 28 September 2008 - 04:00:00 - Permalink A reminder: this Wednesday, October 1st, the United States moves a huge step closer to being under martial law. Like so many of the radical and statist changes to the structure of American society, the shift is happening under the radar...unnoticed amid the circus of elections, the panic surrounding the economy. I refer to a pilot program in the army called "dwell-time mission" through which the 3rd Infantry Divisionâ€™s 1st Brigade Combat Team (1st BCT) has been trained in order to provide on-call response for the federal government within the US borders; again, the program begins on October 1st -- this Wednesday...just in time for the November election. Last Monday I blogged about a story in the Army Times which described the "dwell-time mission" and quite openly admitted that the 1st BCT has been trained to â€œhelp with civil unrest and crowd control.â€ In reference to "crowd and traffic control",1st BCT commander Col. Roger Cloutier said his soldiers are learning how to use â€œthe first ever nonlethal package that the Army has fielded.â€ That's non-lethal like tasers? ( Click here for the latest taser-murder by cops.) Yep. The soldiers are being trained in the use of standard police weaponry such as bean-bag rifles, tasers, batons and shields; or, as the Army Times describes them, "nonlethal weapons designed to subdue unruly or dangerous individuals without killing them". The 1st BCT will transition from using such weaponry in Iraq to using it on American citizens within American borders. (For those who prefer video news, click here for a You Tube report.)Am I saying that, on October 1st, federal troops will be patrolling the streets and enforcing martial law? Of course not. And, so, on Wednesday morning it will appear to most people that nothing about their world has changed at all. What will have changed is the far less visible context in which their civil liberties function. As of October 1st, the army will be standing by to 'assist' the the federal government in wide-ranging and vaguely-defined functions such as disaster relief and crowd control; the mechanism for martial law will be in place. It is a mechanism that the state intends to have constantly cocked to fire. The Army Times reports, After 1st BCT finishes its dwell-time mission, expectations are that another, as yet unnamed, active-duty brigade will take over and that the mission will be a permanent one.No media has taken notice of the jarring context shift in the U.S. military's relationship to the U.S. citizen. that task is left to bloggers and YouTube and discussion BBs.