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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: TheSarge on February 23, 2009, 04:01:32 PM
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The bill, its sponsor admits, has little chance of passing, and could be on uncertain legal ground if adopted. But Maryland Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr.'s intent wasn't so much to create a law as to spark a debate on how the National Guard should be used in time of war.
Madaleno's bill would allow the governor to prohibit the federal deployment of the Maryland Guard unless Congress authorizes the use of military force or passes a declaration of war. It declares that the authorization of force that Congress passed in 2002 for the Iraq invasion is no longer valid because "Iraq does not pose a continuing threat to the national security of the United States."
Madaleno (D-Montgomery) said the Maryland Guard's repeated deployments in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts have exhausted its resources and worn out equipment that is needed on the home front in case of an emergency, such as a hurricane or tornado.
The overseas tours have also "raised a bigger question about the use of our National Guard in foreign deployments," he said.
"The ongoing use of the National Guard puts a huge strain on emergency services in every state," he said. "And if we're going to have these long deployments in open-ended conflicts, we have to figure out what their role is."
The legislation is part of a broader movement called "Bring the Guard Home," in which a collection of peace organizations have promoted similar legislation, none successful, in other states. And it follows attempts by other states to limit the amount the Guard can be called to federal duty. In 2005, for example, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer asked the Pentagon to return his state's citizen-soldiers from Iraq so that they could help combat wildfires. The request was denied.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/22/AR2009022202088.html?wprss=rss_metro
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Fine............with hold all Federal funds for the Guard, all federal training, no federal pay, no federal equipment.
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Fine............with hold all Federal funds for the Guard, all federal training, no federal pay, no federal equipment.
I'd like to see them try to buy all of their equipment they need to support a Light Infantry Brigade...and a Squadron of A-10's on the state's budget.
Assuming that the DoD would even sell it to them.
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I'd like to see them try to buy all of their equipment they need to support a Light Infantry Brigade...and a Squadron of A-10's on the state's budget.
Assuming that the DoD would even sell it to them.
The Pentagon would send some pilots there overnight to pick the A-10s and C-130s up. They would remove all funding, and pretty much strip the bases clean.
The state doesn't pay for the Guard, the DoD does. That moron should lose his seat for filing such nonsense.
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The Pentagon would send some pilots there overnight to pick the A-10s and C-130s up. They would remove all funding, and pretty much strip the bases clean.
The state doesn't pay for the Guard, the DoD does. That moron should lose his seat for filing such nonsense.
Not to mention all of the extra HUMMVEE's LMTV's and barely used M-16's wed get back too.
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Yeah I don't think the DoD would be real happy with fully functional A-10s in anyone but their hands
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Yeah I don't think the DoD would be real happy with fully functional A-10s in anyone but their hands
Give the pilots the chance to move to a different state and retain their commission.
Same thing with the ground crews...and the Army NG folks as well.
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This was tried during Desert Storm. A couple of idiot Govs thought they could tell then President Bush that they were not going to let him have the use of their troops untill the Big Dog let it be known that the little Gov's had no say in the matter
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The bill, its sponsor admits, has little chance of passing, and could be on uncertain legal ground if adopted.
Now that's an understatement. Taking the Fed money for the Guard, which is about 95% of their budget, means the State gives up the ability to say 'Just say no' to a Federal call-up.