Re: Chicago may use National Guard as police

Buck Mulligan <bkmulligan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in 
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> In talk.politics.guns "PLMerite" <stockade@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

    	[snip]

>>Untrained as law enforcement officers.
> 
> Ah so. "Improperly trained," maybe. But then again, it seems like a
> lot of what they do now in Iraq is police work.

    	Some things are but the rules of engagement are still military
    	and they are not in a law enforcement posture.
    	Using troops who have not been trained as ersatz riot police is
    	a really bad idea and has been recognised as such for many
    	decades.

    	IBM