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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
The act stated: "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."
Soldiers defending the nation are not executing the civil laws neither are soldiers rendering aid to civilians.
Soldiers acting as policemen (enforcing civil laws) is my understanding of the posse comitatus prohibited acts. There is an allowed use of soldiers to cure civil insurrection or riots.
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You missed the point. Our military is not allowed to conduct "military operations" on US soil blah blah blah expect but they can.
I understand why this exists - they don't want the military to go to war with it's civilian population. However, if civil war was to break out do you think the US military will just stand by and say "have at it"? No, of course not.
The US Constitution is very much like the bible - Written a long time ago, and a lot of things no longer apply. The bible states you can be stoned to death for wearing clothes made up of two different threads, yet we violate that on a regular basis. The US Constitution is very similar - it was written in time when civilians feared their governments, mostly because US citizens at the time felt poorly treated by England and even more so after England sent their armies after us. This needs to be removed from our Constitution - Trust me, if our military decides to turn on the US population what the Constitution says will not matter, and the civilian population will have zero hope of fighting against the US military. It's not like everyone has muskets these days.