Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

This idea may have been addressed before but sometimes repetition is good. With all the layoffs and the cruel havoc being created by the administration there may be some silver lining in this cloud. The president seems hell bent to involve National Guard troops, so why do the Govenors not just call up the guard and have them do what they are really trained to do, support the community. Every state has guardsman and equipment to support disasters, and if the homelessness crisis does not qualify as a disaster we are not paying attention. There are places that could serve to be emergency relief sights to at least feed and care for the sick and injured. There are other places that could be set up as shelter. That kind involvement would be a positive integration of troops in our communities. The interface of troops could help with positive action. Could this program make it easier to put active troops on the streets? Yes, and it would no doubt be exploited for that, but the guard would not be armed and the administrations idea is intimidation not assistance. Our active duty personnel must be reinforced trained with what powers they have and what the Constitution's directives are. Retrain on UCMJ and specifically what are the kinds of orders that are illegal under the law. The nation is caught in whirl wind of destruction and we need to find ways and means to calm the wind and save our democracy. This may be able to accomplish some small part of that larger goal.