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May. 12th, 2006 08:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bzarcherWell, this looks promising... /Sarcasm
I'm not really thrilled about the idea of stretching our military any thinner than it already is. Plus, historically, let's look at the fact that the President is going down the road of invoking the Insurrection Act. This was designed to be used in times where the police were overwhelmed or considered to be criminals themselves. If it starts with the US border, where does that end?
Oh, and let's not forget what Isolationism has "gained" us in the past - WWI, WWII, and a beautiful graveyard in Hawaii that used to be a battleship. If shutting ourselves off from the world had such disasterous consequences then, what will attempting it again mean in a far more interconnected world?
I'm very worried about where this is going.
I'm not really thrilled about the idea of stretching our military any thinner than it already is. Plus, historically, let's look at the fact that the President is going down the road of invoking the Insurrection Act. This was designed to be used in times where the police were overwhelmed or considered to be criminals themselves. If it starts with the US border, where does that end?
Oh, and let's not forget what Isolationism has "gained" us in the past - WWI, WWII, and a beautiful graveyard in Hawaii that used to be a battleship. If shutting ourselves off from the world had such disasterous consequences then, what will attempting it again mean in a far more interconnected world?
I'm very worried about where this is going.
