In the above referenced article, I found a couple of interesting (insert fancy word for “when stuff doesn’t make sense). The article is about a couple of state representatives in Illinois who are pleading with the Governor of Illinois, The Mayor of Chicago, and the Chicago Superintendant of Police to bring in the National Guard to patrol the streets of Chicago. It seems crime is so out of control in that city, the police are not even remotely effective in combating or reducing crime.
This statement particularly caught my eye: “So far this year, 113 people have been killed across Chicago, the same number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan combined in the same period.”
I have to ask, if we stick National Guard troops into a major American city…what could possibly be the outcome? Are the gang members and drug lords and crime bosses going to behave like Al Qaeda and the Taliban? Are these criminals going to behave like terrorists? Do our military personnel have to wait to be shot at before returning fire with high powered rifles in city streets? Would this be the beginning of “Martial Law”…is this when the United States Military is finally used against its own citizenry?
How do these questions apply to the same calls to put National Guard members along our southern border with Mexico? In the middle of the desert, the likelihood of stray bullets killing kids sleeping in their bedrooms decreases exponentially, as well as the fact that no innocent civilians are walking down their neighborhood street. In the middle of the desert, it is much easier to separate those who are supposed to be there from those who are not. The military, in this example, is NOT used against American citizens.
What I find most interesting is that this city is, has, and always will be run by the Democrat machine. This is Obama’s city. This is the place he learned politicking. This is where he learned from Rev. Wright and Bill Ayres and the rest of the “community” of organizers. This is the city to which the Olympic Committee said, “Uh, no thanks.” This is the model city to which Democrats aspire: Big Unions, broken budgets, corrupt politicians galore, staggering crime, out-of-control debt (the school system by itself in the city of Chicago has a deficit of $475 million), Blagojevich, and a central control system where the Mayor has more power than any single human should have.
“No help is too much help” (Representative) Ford said. “This is not just about the murders. It’s about the crime. It’s about people being stabbed, robbed and in the hospital on life support.”
“Is this a drastic call to action? Of course it is,” (Representative) Fritchey said. “Is it warranted when we are losing residents to gun violence at such an alarming rate”?
On a final note: Illinois and Chicago have the most strict gun control policies in the United States.
If it does turn into a militant zone and they start blowing up convoys of Gaurdsmen, will they attribute their bomb making skills to Al-Qaeda or Bill Ayres? You know how they are about local heros…