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To: jlallen who wrote (501047)	8/4/2009 1:08:42 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576180

CJ doesn't know much about the Constitution.

To: jlallen who wrote (501047)	8/4/2009 5:45:08 PM
From: combjelly	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576180

"The power to raise and maintain armies, a Navy, etc. are expressly in the Constitution...." So? Read The Federalist Papers. The FF's didn't want a standing army of any size. The idea was to have officers only in the regular army and then use the militias as much as possible. If that wasn't enough, then recruit more people into the army. Unfortunately, the militias proved to be unreliable. At best. They often refused orders and tended to vanish into the night. So they canned the idea. Please try to be better informed next time.