Government calling in the military to deal with homeless?

[Torre82]

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/

They may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control or to deal with potentially horrific scenarios such as massive poisoning and chaos in response to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield explosive, or CBRNE, attack.

Ya know how people tend to mention the primary purpose of something first and then mention other things that MIGHT happen to justify the first point? 'Civil Unrest'... from civilians.. who may or may not be homeless people living in these epidemic 'tent cities'.. G_d forbid just because they're unempoyed, homeless and 'not financially viable'.. they get unruly? Hmm. Oh well, nevermind. Terrorists are going to attack us, right?

Oh shit, the very next line alludes to the my assumption.

The 1st BCT’s soldiers also will learn how to use “the first ever nonlethal package that the Army has fielded,” 1st BCT commander Col. Roger Cloutier said, referring to crowd and traffic control equipment and nonlethal weapons designed to subdue unruly or dangerous individuals without killing them.

Nonlethal + Terrorists? Ehhhh.. No. Unruly crowds are going to be erupting here and there if the economy doesnt start a 180 and building back to some sort of normal equilibrium. At least that's their assumption, I wouldnt want to form an opinion of how big these tent cities are now.. nor a few months from now when their numbers swell further.

Just for kicks, I'd want to name a group of soldiers something cute so noone fears their presence during martial law.

The brigade will not change its name, but the force will be known for the next year as a CBRNE Consequence Management Response Force, or CCMRF (pronounced “sea-smurf”).

 

[calpoon]

well I don't know... that might be reading much into it.

but I don't think that the military should ever engage in combat against the citizens that they are supposed to serve. that's a pretty clear sign that democracy has failed.

 

[Friday on my mind]

Sounds like they are preparing for something similar to what happened when during the depression Hoover called out the army led by Douglas MacArthur and they went and burned down the shanty town outside DC called Hooverville full of WW1 vets looking for their bonuses due in 1945 early.Several were killed as I recall.Govt has lots to fear when a 3rd of the country are unemployed.I have heard the pentagon has contingency plans for problems around the world due to climate change as well.There always trying to plan for stuff.

 

[AFA]

First thing I thought was how some cities have legally decided if they can make more money off your property by selling it to enterpreneurs building an apartment house or retail center which will pay more in property tax, you are out despite how long you've paid taxes on it.

New Haven , CT
Asbury Park, NJ
Rivera Beach, FL

Let me get my big list later.

http://www.ij.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=964&Itemid=165
http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2005/11/07/daily12.html

 

[don_equis]

Did you all know that there's a stink bomb?

US army is working on the ultimate stink bomb

By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
Last Updated: 9:45PM BST 04 Jul 2001

THE United States army is developing the mother of all stink bombs, with a stench so repulsive that it can disperse rioters and empty streets.

The effort to create a mixture of malodorous molecules that does not kill or maim but can halt disorderly mobs is part of the Pentagon's Nonlethal Weapons Programme. The army believes that a vile stink could help drive away enemy troops or hostile crowds and enforce no-go zones around sensitive installations, says today's issue of New Scientist.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...my-is-working-on-the-ultimate-stink-bomb.html

 

[Torre82]

Did you all know that there's a stink bomb?

US army is working on the ultimate stink bomb

By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
Last Updated: 9:45PM BST 04 Jul 2001

THE United States army is developing the mother of all stink bombs, with a stench so repulsive that it can disperse rioters and empty streets.

The effort to create a mixture of malodorous molecules that does not kill or maim but can halt disorderly mobs is part of the Pentagon's Nonlethal Weapons Programme. The army believes that a vile stink could help drive away enemy troops or hostile crowds and enforce no-go zones around sensitive installations, says today's issue of New Scientist.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...my-is-working-on-the-ultimate-stink-bomb.html

Shut your windows and tape the vents, eh? I'd hate to be a resident near THOSE riots. Nonlethal, but the stench would stay in your nose for days. Bleh.

well I don't know... that might be reading much into it.

but I don't think that the military should ever engage in combat against the citizens that they are supposed to serve. that's a pretty clear sign that democracy has failed.

There's no real reason to deploy troops at home, tho.. is there? The statement outlines it all, I wish there was some other conclusion to draw but I just dont think there is.

The simplest answer tends to be the right one.

 

[bombardier52]

I hope if the military has to do this they have an exit plan this time!

 

[JiDoKwan]

What next?....Forced scientific experimentation on those deemed "expendable"?

 

[Violator79]

Apex, this one's for you Spunker:

"Why don't they take homeless people that talk to themselves on the street, and pair them off in couples, so they look like they're having a conversation?"

 

[Facetious]

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[Facetious]

Re: Government calling in the military to deal with homeless?

This is most nauseating !

Please ! Please !! don't treat us to your "designer" - make crowd shit in their pants gas !

:helpme:

 

[Petra]

All they're doing is training a regular army unit for scenarios that have been traditionally left for the reserves.

Fighting fires, helping with disasters (hurricanes, earthquakes, and whatever else hits us in the near future), and possibly helping with riots if the state calls on them.

With our resources so strapped and a lot of the reserve units doing tours in Iraq, I'm sure this will be welcome to bolster their numbers since active duty members aren't bound to a state.