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Platapus · 07-16-11, 07:05 AM

1. Close many/most of the 800 US military bases overseas and move the military back to the United States.

Advantage 1: US military members would be spending money in the United States and not in some foreign country. Good for the US economy and more tax revenue.

2. Rotate the stateside military to patrol duty on the northern and southern border of the United States. They would not be stationed near Entry Portals but would be deployed to the non-EP sections of our borders. The military would NOT be there to enforce immigration laws (Posse Comitatus). The military would be there to protect our borders from attack. No one can object to a country using its military to guard borders from potential attack

3. Station Border Patrol people behind the military deployment.

If someone crosses a border without going through an EP, the military will capture them as a potential enemy combatant. Once the military determines that they are not (due to lack of weapons), the military turns the person over to the Border Patrol so that they, as per their warrant, determine whether this person is in the country illegally and take appropriate legal actions. Military and LE are kept separate.

Advantage 2: Border Patrol does not have enough people nor the technology to actually patrol a border. They are set up to enforce the laws. Let the military do what they do best (patrol areas) and let the Border Patrol people do what they do best (enforce laws).

3. Deploy the navy to patrol our northern and southern borders where there is more wet stuff. The navy is good at patrolling where there is wet stuff, the Border Patrol is not. We are concerned with Semi-submersibles entering our wet stuff, put the navy there. They would operate the same as the land border military mission - detect, engage, capture, evaluate, transfer to border patrol for legal action.

I think it is time that we realize that sometimes the best defense is a good defense. Let's use the military to actually defend our nation's borders.

I think the military would much rather be deployed to the northern or southern border for 3 months than AF for more than 12 months.

That's what I would cut.

07-16-11, 07:05 AM	#12
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,444 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	1. Close many/most of the 800 US military bases overseas and move the military back to the United States. Advantage 1: US military members would be spending money in the United States and not in some foreign country. Good for the US economy and more tax revenue. 2. Rotate the stateside military to patrol duty on the northern and southern border of the United States. They would not be stationed near Entry Portals but would be deployed to the non-EP sections of our borders. The military would NOT be there to enforce immigration laws (Posse Comitatus). The military would be there to protect our borders from attack. No one can object to a country using its military to guard borders from potential attack 3. Station Border Patrol people behind the military deployment. If someone crosses a border without going through an EP, the military will capture them as a potential enemy combatant. Once the military determines that they are not (due to lack of weapons), the military turns the person over to the Border Patrol so that they, as per their warrant, determine whether this person is in the country illegally and take appropriate legal actions. Military and LE are kept separate. Advantage 2: Border Patrol does not have enough people nor the technology to actually patrol a border. They are set up to enforce the laws. Let the military do what they do best (patrol areas) and let the Border Patrol people do what they do best (enforce laws). 3. Deploy the navy to patrol our northern and southern borders where there is more wet stuff. The navy is good at patrolling where there is wet stuff, the Border Patrol is not. We are concerned with Semi-submersibles entering our wet stuff, put the navy there. They would operate the same as the land border military mission - detect, engage, capture, evaluate, transfer to border patrol for legal action. I think it is time that we realize that sometimes the best defense is a good defense. Let's use the military to actually defend our nation's borders. I think the military would much rather be deployed to the northern or southern border for 3 months than AF for more than 12 months. That's what I would cut. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.