One has to wonder: defend the "homeland" from whom, and what future "threats" are these folks envisioning?
Please remember: as reported in the Army Times,
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/
a deployment of the 1st Brigade Combat Team here in the US, which started 1 October of this year, has been under the control of Northcom. I quote from the article:
".....They may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control .....
What is Gates anticipating in this country that such a deployment is necessary?
It couldn't be something like this, could it?
