Currently these buildings and facilities have been guarded by private security companies
Well, the way I see it is this.
1) Our government budget is getting out of hand, and there is no choice but to cut out fat and spending where ever possible.
2) I notice that private companies are guarding military installations.
3) Hrmm, hey I know! Why don't we have our military do it instead? We are already paying them to be there anyway!
So we can save countless millions if not more by no longer contracting out private companies, and giving our military, which can do the same job, the
responsibility. I don't really see the problem there. Sure, the private companies will no longer have -that- contract, but there are plenty of other
places in the world at this moment where they can find contracts.
Looking at this from a business perspective, it is the right move. It is going to cut more expenditure from the budget... period.
As far as the national security force is concerned, I am not a fan of the idea as it sounds coming from the OP. I would need to see the exact charter
for what this security force would be responsible for before taking sides or even commenting on the validity or non validity of such a force. Past
presidents have created special agencies during their terms, so until I see an exact charter, I cannot say it is a good thing or a bad thing.
Originally posted by ElectricUniverse
BTW this reminds me of the following.
Obama's 'civilian national security force'
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Posted: July 15, 2008
1:00 am Eastern
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With all the reporters covering the major presidential candidates, it amazes me no one ever seems to ask the right questions.
For several days now, WND has been hounding Barack Obama's campaign about a statement he made July 2 in Colorado Springs – a statement that blew my
mind, one that has had me scratching my head ever since.
In talking about his plans to double the size of the Peace Corps and nearly quadruple the size of AmeriCorps and the size of the nation's military
services, he made this rather shocking (and chilling) pledge: "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national
security objectives weve set. Weve got to have a civilian national security force thats just as powerful, just as strong, just as
well-funded."
Now, since I've never heard anyone inside or out of government use the phrase "civilian national security force" before, I was more than a little
curious about what he has in mind.
www.wnd.com...
I had to take out the apostrophes from that large excerpt, otherwise the size wouldn't change.
Lets stop and pause for a moment and think about what this comment seems to be saying.
"We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set"
Well, this makes perfect sense to me. Follow me here for a minute. Up to now, the "national defense" plan has been to go to other countries where we
believe terrorists to be, and to bomb them to hell, among other things. Our military budget is around
515 Billion dollars. That is a LOT of money. We are spending this money
because we are in two overseas "wars" (or whatever your party affiliation calls it).
Rather than spending all this money funding these wars overseas, why not spend the money securing our own borders? It has to be much cheaper to keep
all of our military here at home protecting our own borders, rather than having tons of military all over the world. Not to mention it will be much
safer for our own military here at home.
It seems that people tend to think the worst case scenario any time any of this kind of thinking is brought up. But honestly, many times there are
valid reasons for some of this thinking.
As far as the 2nd amendment is concerned, I'm not even going down that path. The 2nd Amendment is going no where any time soon, get over it and
ignore the fear tactics surrounding it. For a president to even bring it up is instant political suicide. If Obama made a push for it, he would be
signing his own political death certificate. I highly doubt he is going to do so. Rest easy people. Your guns (and mine, I happen to be a concealed
weapons permit holder) are not going to be taken away. (unless you do something stupid)
The sky is not falling.