Beginning Oct.1 2008, the 3rd Brigade of the US army is being transferred from Iraq to the US where it will perform its current mission domestically. This assignment is to be for 12 months but then here is an interesting detail from the report:
"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."
Brigade homeland tours start October
So, lets think about this. We have a painfully over extended military force conducting operations in two countries, with an Iran operation still looming as a possibility. Many of these re-assigned soldiers have been on extended tours of duty. Under these conditions, it is not exactly like the Pentagon is struggling to find activities that will keep members of Armed Forces busy. From my understanding, this assignment may be a violation of the Posse Comitatus act. Let's not forget that Blackwater has quite a few security units stationed in the US as well.
The official rationale is that these tours are to enhance the nation's response readiness in the event of a natural disaster or a terrorist attack. This plan was announced in Sept. 08, a few weeks before the financial market meltdown and of course just in time for election 08. One could wonder if this assignment is in anticipation of say a mass uprising that might result if the economy completely tanks even through the treasury had been robbed of a trillion dollars or an election is stolen from a very popular candidate. This time around folks might not be so quick to move on and "begin healing the nation" by accepting another sham election.
I fully realize that when anyone suggest something related to a police state action, the label "tin foil hat" wearer will be quickly and vigorously applied. And I do understand the skepticism. Gee, it is not like we live in a country where leaders tell big lies to justify a war or try to extort hundreds of billions of dollars from the public, or steal elections by purging voter rolls or manipulating electronic voting machines. This is Amerika for God's sake, the land of the free and the home of the brave. However, as the old saying goes, just because you are paranoid does not mean they are not out to get you.
This military reassignment has gone totally under the radar screen owing to the election, the economy, and the Sarah Palin hype. It might not be a bad idea to ask a questions about just what is going on and what is being planned. If not, the nation might soon be saying in unison "Don't taser me bro!!!!"