Glenn E. Meyer
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Ike also sent the 101st Airborne, according to a search. Also doesn't the new version of the Insurrection Act allow the use against the Tea Party or whomever tries to lead an insurrection?
I was speaking in the context of the original article, which seems to tie the Insurrection Act to Reconstruction.Mike, my original reference to Posse Commitatus was in response to Tom Servo, who didn't seem to realize that one of the domestic limitations on the military WAS a reaction to reconstruction.
The headline presumes that the military would be successful, and while that’s not hard to imagine, it is far from certain. There are somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 million guns in the hands of private citizens in this country, approximately 50 million of which are military-style semi-automatic rifles. There aren’t TWO armies in the world which hold that many small arms, let alone in private hands.
If we think it’s a slam dunk that the government would prevail
(in this highly unlikely hypothetical scenario), we might might well examine our ability to crush insurgencies in much less sophisticated environments against opposition that’s significantly less well-heeled.
So am i correct in thinking that I armed forces are actively trained in the hypothetical situation of an armed rebellion?For well over 50, years the US Army has written scenarios and training exercises around Darlington, SC. In 60, 61 and 62 my EOD unit spent many weeks bivouaced near the Darlinton airport in support of Exercise Swift Strike, the annual 18th Abn Corps training exercise. Three Army divisions wargamed in the piney woods of NC and SC.