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Why would foreign military forces be needed if there was a terrorist attack WITHIN the USA???
They would not, nor are there any military, foreign or otherwise, involved in the FEMA NLE 09 exercise. The OP inserted "foreign military" where none was ever stated.
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NLE 09 is a White House directed, Congressionally-mandated exercise that includes the participation of all appropriate federal department and agency senior officials, their deputies, staff and key operational elements. In addition, broad regional participation of state, tribal, local, and private sector is anticipated. This year the United States welcomes the participation of Australia, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom in NLE 09.
The OP erroneously assumed that since participants would be coming from Australia, Canada, and Mexico they will be military. No where in the media announcement does it mention the military, nor are any of the planned excercises military in nature, with one possible exception.
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Intelligence/Information Sharing and Dissemination
Counter-Terrorism Investigation and Law Enforcement
Air, Border and Maritime Security
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Public and Private Sector Alert/Notification and Security Advisories
International Coordination
The above functions are what FEMA does during any natural disaster, not the military. Nor does the National Guard or the regular military answer to anyone in FEMA. The National Guard, with approval from the White House, answers to the Governor(s) of the state(s) where the disaster occurred, not to FEMA.
Ask anyone in the military. FEMA is not anywhere in the military's Chain of Command, which they adhere to religiously.
The above functions are what FEMA does during any natural disaster, not the military. Nor does the National Guard or the regular military answer to anyone in FEMA. The National Guard, with approval from the White House, answers to the Governor(s) of the state(s) where the disaster occurred, not to FEMA.
Ask anyone in the military. FEMA is not anywhere in the military's Chain of Command, which they adhere to religiously.
You are quite right, the way I should have phrased it is; "FEMA coordindates with the National Guard".
Good catch.
Ken
Last edited by LordBalfor; 07-07-2009 at 02:07 PM..
It's a great idea because the US military knows there could be massive defections among the ranks if there was a peasant revolt. Imagine hundreds, maybe thousands of US troops disobeying orders, murdering their own commanding officers for giving orders to shoot fellow Americans then defecting into towns with tanks, planes, bombs, etc. If a UN presence were available with no allegiance towards small town USA, it would greatly reduce casualties among the inner ranks. Of course, if it got bad enough, not even the president or other high ranking officials would be able to trust their own right hand men.
The doomday thinking that has been flawed since the bomb came to being. Basically its just the realization after the hurricanes and other world disasters that the military is the most trained and responsive to even disasters than anyhting that civilian part of government can do. If you ever have a hurricane or other disaster the miltary comes in when things get really bad as only they have the displend to do the job without so much BS we see in the rest of governament.There is not going to be a military leaving of ranks like we saw in so many civilan government oragnizations in Katrina;especially since we have this professional military not made up with so many draftees.When it gets tough going the civilians point fingers and the military gets to work.Thnak god 'we have such people willign to serve this nation and they deserve much more in thnks and other compenstion that we can ever pay them.
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