Let's all take a deep breath, and discuss this logically. First of all, Obama did propose a national civilian security force:
Senator Obama was nearly 17 minutes into his July 2 speech (yet another one where naming Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was required) in Colorado
Springs, Colorado when he deviated from his pre-released script and performed without the teleprompter net saying,
"We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian
national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."
source:
www.americanthinker.com...
I actually saw his speech when he made that statement, so there is no question of whether he proposed it or not. He did.
Now, as to whether it will be a "Gestapo-like" force, of course, no one knows what it will be, because there have been no specifics, as far as I
know.
There have been some telecasts of Black Panthers that were present during the campaign to "protect" Obama. Here is a video of one of them:
www.truveo.com...
The video called it a Black Panther Civilian Security Force. Perhaps the Congressman made a giant leap and connected them.
I don't think that Obama would seriously consider anything like it, and of course, Congress would NEVER approach a radical group running a government
sponsored security force.
Now, having said all of that, there is a lot of space between making a proposal and the implementation. Let's wait and see what develops, before we
push any panic button.
In order for a civilian security force to be effective, a great deal of training, and background checking would have to go on.
I think a valid concern would be to look at the problems that ensued when Homeland Security started hiring people for airport checks, etc. and it was
discovered that ex-cons, etc. were being hired. I would hope we have learned from that fiasco.
Anyway, since there people would have to be highly trained, and trustworthy, I'm not sure how such a force would be better than having additional
military people allocated to the task. There seems to be too many problems related to a civilian security force.