579 Americans were murdered in NYC this year, but at least the Iraqi women were saved by our troops......?

Question

Does that have an extremely unpatriotic ring to it? Why weren't those troops helping with policing missions here at home in the first place?

The original statement was based on a post made by a defector of the US military, btw.

Or what did he call it? A medical discharge I believe

If the kids qualify for military duty then I'm sure they meet the requirements to be law enforcement trainable too. Martial law is not even suggested in there folks. Train them for useful jobs instead of bullying the foreigners, eh?

Answer 1

The government spending could go to domestic affairs rather than foreign affairs. This would make more sense than worrying about world politics.

Answer 2

I'm a New Yorker and no way in hell would I want any military forces patrolling my city - we get enough racial abuse from our own New York Police Department!!

That 579 murder figure is actually 30 year low - for most of the 1980's and 90's New York City had an intercene war between the 5 Mafia families and various other criminal gangs.

The prize was control of the drug trade - and an average 2,000 people a year died over who would get to sell the magic white powder. Now that the drug trafficing conflicts have largely been resolved, the murder rate has dropped to a lower level.

Most of those 579 murders are domestic violence homicides, that would happen no matter who policed our city streets.

Answer 3

Because of this act, it is not permitted:

The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385), which prohibits the use of federal troops domestically. It generally prohibits Federal military personnel and units of the United States National Guard under Federal authority from acting in a law enforcement capacity within the United States, except where expressly authorized by the Constitution or Congress. The Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act substantially limit the powers of the Federal government to use the military for law enforcement.

Answer 4

So 579 Americans were murdered in NYC this year? Wow sounds to me you have a better chance surviving a year anywhere in Iraq, than living in NYC? 3000 heroes have been killed in combat in Iraq in almost 4 years, but 579 people were killed in NYC. Sounds like the statistics in Iraq aren't so bad. I'm not saying 3000 heroes isn't alot. But everyone is complaining that we have lost lots of troops when in retrospect, more people die in NYC a year than in Iraq. Makes you think,doesn't it? And no, U.S. troops should not be policing the streets in NYC, that is what their tax dollars are for. Maybe they need to hire more Police.

Answer 5

Wow aren't we the bright one...You can only defect from a country...if you would look at my question I was trying to show the hypocrisy of the news media only reporting the bad things in Iraq and not the great work my fellow soldiers are doing, my feeling is they could get all the death and gore from the large cities in the United States...hell I could have used any city...New Orleans, well now Houston since their crime rate rose 15% this year because of the influx of Katrina evacuees, LA, Chicago, Atlanta, the list can go on and on...why all these personal attacks? Hummm...I guess I will be the better man and not go there...I have my DD 214 on my computer desk top, want me to send it to you? I served 14 years in the Army and was Medical Retired in 04, which means I was disabled...humm picking on a disabled vet... You may be a democrat...I guess sarcasm is something you do not understand...

Answer 6

Though I am thoroughly against the war in Iraq, and the Bush administration, it isn't really possible to prevent most of those murders. There is no feasible way to police everyone all the time. The trillions spent on the war could have, however, been spent on education and programs to give people a chance to get out of the streets and into jobs which would probably prevent a lot of those murders.

Answer 7

So you want our troops to patrol the streets of NYC? I believe that is the POLICE'S JOB TO POLICE! And we have troops at home, not currently deployed, that don't police the streets. That isnt their MISSION!! And while there are times that the guard is called in to assist with emergencies, that is their job, to secure their state community. If you dont like all the homicides in NYC, join the force. Geesh.

Answer 8

Then that would be marshall law. Is that what you want millitary enforcement on the streets? I'm gonna take a wild guess and say you're a Democrat, right? Doesn't that strict government enforcement and complete rule go angainst everything you stand for? Bush can't win for losing with you fools.

Answer 9

The funniest thing about what you are saying is that if such was done, you would be pissed and protesting and saying Bush was trying to be a dictator by having the military patrol our streets

if you want such, then why doesn't the president just declare martial law so no one can move, that way no innocents are killed?

Answer 10

It has to be approved by legislation in each State to mobilize any military forces for domestic use. Usually, the reserves will be the ones that will do it.