PJ24

I'm just going to hit the highlights and hopefully come back later with more:

Military and Law Enforcement are two different worlds. DoD under the command of civilian cops? I'd move to Canada.

What we're doing in Iraq is nothing like a civilian cop does his job CONUS.

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Hurricane Katrina is a prime example of the military being used in a law enforcement role. I'm not stating that the Army should be doing law enforcement 24/7 but that the military should take a more actibe role in American defense.

Active military was not used at LE.

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Hell, some cops are also being trained to a level of medical knowledge right below that of a EMT (Para-Medic).

There are three levels of EMT. EMT-P, or paramedic is the highest. Many departments are requiring officers to become First Responders, which is still below EMT-Basic, so they aren't right below EMT-P in trauma care and knowledge. Fire Departments are not long in getting their Firefighters certified as First Responders as well. Some departments are, however training EMT-B, I and Ps as tactical medics to assist in SWAT operations.

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The Military should defend our borders. And when i say defend. I mean actaully patrol them with US Cumstoms & Border Protection agents. Our military is current;y deployed overseas fighting three wars. 1) War on Terror 2) Afghanistan 3) Iraq

Afghanistan and Iraq fall under the Global War on Terror. There are more than two "fronts" (Iraq and Afghanistan) in the GWOT, though.

The whole idea is just a little too fascist for me, I'm afraid. It's knee jerk, and while we should share intel with each other, there's no reason to go overboard with trying to blur the line between LE and military.

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