FINALLY, some heat being generated over the proposed domestic role of the military

i've been wondering when this issue was going to catch fire... maybe this will do it...

Several governors are fuming over a Bush administration suggestion that the active military take a greater role in disaster response, calling it an attempt to usurp state authority over National Guard units.

Governors in Washington, Mississippi, Michigan, Arkansas, West Virginia, Delaware and Alabama are among those who have panned the idea, questioning whether it would even be constitutional.

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, among the harshest critics, said the issue promises to be a major topic at the Western Governors Association meeting in Phoenix next week.

"I'm going to stand up among a bunch of elected governors and say, 'Are we going to allow the military without a shot being fired to effectively do an end-run coup on civilian government? Are we going to allow that?'" Schweitzer said.

you're goddam right it's an "end-run coup on civilian government..." that's the whole friggin' idea... washington national guard maj. gen. timothy lowenberg makes his reservations particularly clear...

"Some might liken this to a policy of domestic regime change."

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