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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective

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To: TimF who wrote (1980)	10/10/2000 10:14:38 PM
From: Hawkmoon	of 10042

As for the reserves - Actually, many people get confused on this... The Army/Air Force/Marine/Navy Reserves are Federal entities under SOLE control of the President of the United States. The Army and Air National Guard ARE NOT under the command of the President WITHOUT their being Federalized under Title 10 (which accesses them into the active duty military structure and budgetary pool). They are under the control of their respective governors, who appoint Adjutant Generals as the military head of the forces and are technically considered the "official" state militia. However, that does not exclude the creation or other militias, which is the "loop hole" that we see the current wave of militia movements acting under. They can legally exist although state governments are utterly unwilling to support their activities. The point of the militia is that it exist in order to counteract any possible attempt by the newly established Federal Government to seize total control over the individual states. Personally, I believe every able-bodied male should serve two years in the military as a conscript. There is no better way to create a body of trained reservists who can been called up in times of need (assuming our active forces are getting their butts kicked), as well as curtail the power of an ever encroaching central government. And btw, that rag-tag collection of untrained people kicked the hell out of the british army.... And it would do it again to any army foolish enough to actually invade us. That is, if the liberals don't wind up snatching everyone's weapons from them... (or registering every weapon so that they can readily be collected by a hostile invader with access to the records) Regards, Ron

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