Civilian National Security by Rush Limbaugh

ALERT!: From Rush Limbaugh: "President Obama Signs Executive Order Establishing Council of Governors." Now, this seems to be federalizing the National Guard. This is why I need to get legal opinion on this.

"When appointed, the Council will be reviewing such matters as involving the National Guard of the various States; homeland defense; civil support; synchronization and integration of State and Federal military activities in the United States;" integration, synchronization "and other matters of mutual interest pertaining to National Guard, homeland defense, and civil support activities."

Now, Obama said in the campaign, "We cannot continue to rely only 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." He said that in 2008 in the campaign. You stop and think about that: Just as well funded as the US military? The military budget is, what, $600 billion a year? Stop and think of that...we're going to spend $600 billion on a civilian national security force just as powerful as the US military? Can anybody say posse comitatus? Then we have this executive order from yesterday and I'm really scratching my head over what this means. Based on his campaign statement: "We cannot continue to rely only 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." You ponder that." - Rush Limbaugh

From: Constitutional? A Civilian National Security Force? Story #11
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