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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DavesM who wrote (240472)	3/20/2002 11:51:07 PM
From: MSI	Respond to of 769670

"The Founding Fathers recognized that the military's authoritarian nature, while effective in defending democracy, remains antithetical to the basic tenets of democracy. [42] According to this reasoning, "[s]kepticism and criticism" of the military are "absolute requisites of freedom" that are missing from every unfree nation.[43]" "Fear of a standing army helped to motivate the enactment of the Bill of Rights beyond the specific amendments relating to the military.[38] By guaranteeing individual rights in the First Amendment[39] and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure in the Fourth Amendment,[40] it was that the abuses of the British army could be prevented in the new republic.[41] " "the principle behind the Act--excluding the military from the civilian sphere--is as old as the United States.[19] Since the writing of the Declaration of Independence, Americans have mistrusted standing armies and have seen them as instruments of oppression and tyranny. [20] Over time, the military has increased its esteem among the populace, but it has always been held separate from civilian government and limited to its focussed goal of military preparedness and national security. [21] This antimilitarism bent of the United States is evident in our foundation documents. [22] The Declaration of Independence decries King George III's use of armies "to compleat works of death, desolation and tyranny . . . totally unworthy . . . of a civilized nation."[23] Specifically, the Signers of the Declaration of Independence attacked the keeping of a standing army in time of peace,[24] the military's independence from the civil control,[25] and the quartering of troops among the population of the colonies.[26] " law.wustl.edu