US Government to post 20,000 Troops on streets of USA
 

According to the Washington Post:

The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic catastrophe, according to Pentagon officials.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...002217_pf.html

Now this is food for some thought.......:disgust

nuclear terrorist attack to help economy :)

it's around 40k i think.. you have two different articles about 2 months apart with 20k each floating around

Nice little twist you put on that title... I didn't read anywhere in that article, which is old news already, that they were "hitting the streets."

Yeah to fear mongering :thumbsup

mmm you see the shit Greece is going through atm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/...10/greek-riots

Hopefully the world view on the USA will be alot better by then.

All over a cop shooting a kid that was tossing or preparing to toss an incediary device at them... Kid had it coming if you ask me. No one would say boo if that happened here.

Where does it say the troops will be on the streets?

Yep it was but I think a lot of the anger is far deeper than the shooting of the boy, They were interviewing a few of the protestors on TV and they were saying that they were so pissed at struggling and dismayed at the government with the way the economy is..

That sucks thats a beautifull place and people. Hopefully it will get back to normal soon.

People are pissed about whats going on around them. They have every right to be.

:2 cents:

yep it sure is a nice place

BTW where did you get your nick from ..kinda reminds me of the HA

Ive got my paintball gun, and slingshot at the ready for this impending "threat" :1orglaugh

well its ok jump stay off my lawn

mmm police state, I've always wanted a police state. Can finally go rambo out this mothafucka :1orglaugh

people do realize how many troops are stationed inside the us right now right, and that we were always trained in civil unrest tactics from day one?

Yes but not to be used on US citizens since that is unconstitutional.

And people are missing the word "deployment" means on the streets.

I guess better safe than sorry but it's still a bit out of control if you ask me. Bad enough I have to see soldiers with guns at Penn Station....

The Police State is almost in full gear. You'll love it when they start going house to house looking for your guns :)

I'm confused... people were pissed off at the slow response after 9/11 and Katrina... a possible solution arises itself and its no good. So shall we just have another major attack and/or major natural disaster and pray everything goes good?

I know I know... police state sounds a lot more exciting and dramatic.

i am not scared

Thats code for "in preparation for the riots that will come when the dollar collapses and americans have to face mega inflation"

You wouldve been the first one on the trains wouldnt you?

Only to the idiots who "registered" them heh. People really should read and understand the constitution :(

And you're missing the two that are going before it...

"ready for or ready to" which pretty much STILL means they won't be "on the streets."

fuckers.... trying to get people used to the idea of marshall law and militant thinking...

Keep thinking that :winkwink:

Read that article again and quote me where it says A. They are on the streets and/or B. They are being deployed...

This should be fun :upsidedow

LOL.

You better start building that stockpile, you'll need it soon.

Unlike some here I have read more than this one article. :thumbsup

I am not talking about any other article, read my posts. And I am very well read on what is going on right now in our country.

Actually I got a better question for you and the rest in this thread... What are YOU going to do if they start taking the guns away? Or what are YOU going to do if the troops are deployed against us?

All ears...:thumbsup

I'm sure you have lots of great extreme libertarian sources.

Should we call you if we get a Hiroshima in Manhattan?

Yeah the Army Times is an extreme libertarian source :1orglaugh

And to answer the question THE NATIONAL GUARD. It is there to guard the nation ;)

Hop on the train what else would we do? :pimp

Who the hell cares about this thread?

No offense but that is what I thought... And THAT will be why they will have no problem doing it when or if the time ever comes...

:(

Dude who in the right fucking mind would post what they would do if that ever happened on a message board? Fact is most dont know what they would do.

It was more of a rhetorical question since in the long run there really isn't ANYTHING you can do. Like I said in earlier threads about topics like this, people only like to talk or bitch about it rather than trying to do anything about it.

Even if they do what all these conspiracy nuts think is going to happen, running won't be an option either because they will close down the borders first.