Libertarians for Ron Paul

Domestic Deployment of Troops Concerning

Libertarian Party National Chairman William Redpath calls a plan by the federal government to deploy 20,000 uniformed soldiers inside the United States “further evidence of a disturbing trend of militarism in today’s society.”

According to reports from the Washington Post, the federal government seeks to establish an emergency response team built on the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, which just returned from more than a year in Iraq.

“This is not the proper role of active-duty soldiers, who have been trained and seasoned in combat,” says Redpath. “When you have active-duty soldiers being substituted for National Guardsmen, you’re opening yourselves up to potential violations of civil liberties during their operations.  American soldiers, the finest instruments of war in the world, do not need to be patrolling the streets of American towns after hurricanes or floods.  That is not their purpose as soldiers.”

Complete statement @ http://www.lp.org/news/press-releases/domestic-deployment-of-troops-concerning