http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evU4vOxoCrc
this video got me thinking:
What if Bush went for Police Work instead of war?
this video got me thinking:
What if Bush went for Police Work instead of war?
This is an ASB scenario. Even a President Al Gore would have unleashed the cruise missiles, though likely little else. Hard to arrest people in Taliban Ruled Afghanistan in any case.
MarkWhittington said:Even a President Al Gore would have unleashed the cruise missiles
Orville_third said:I do have an AH in mind in which post-9/11 police work is combined with the military...
Orville_Third said:Bush would order the military to do something that had not been done in a long time. (I might as well tell you. The military personnel (on the ground at least) would be effectively deputized as US Marshals and empowered to arrest any Al-Quaida personnel they find.
United States Code Title 28 said:There is hereby established a United States Marshals Service as a bureau within the Department of Justice under the authority and direction of the Attorney General. There shall be at the head of the United States Marshals Service (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the “Service”) a Director who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (Emphasis added)
This is an ASB scenario. Even a President Al Gore would have unleashed the cruise missiles, though likely little else. Hard to arrest people in Taliban Ruled Afghanistan in any case.
You know this has the potential for some really nasty PoD:So a President Gore would have done the same as President Clinton did; fire cruise missiles at already empty training camps.
And our special word for today kiddies is; “Impotency”.
So a President Gore would have done the same as President Clinton did; fire cruise missiles at already empty training camps.
And our special word for today kiddies is; “Impotency”.
I wonder whether this idea isn't ared herring. The issue isn't whetheror not to use troops. Atsome point, the US would have had to use its military power. The uiussueis how and in what capacity. IIRC (and this is arathervague memory), the taleban were engaged in some sort of one-sided negotiation saying they might give up suspects to an Islamic court and such. A US government willing to go that route would very quickly find that this wasmn't really an offer, but it might be in a position to arm-twist the Taleban into honouring it nonetheless. A much more limited military effort could do that. Alternatively, mnight the US government, instead of doing a Ctrl-Alt-Delete on the country, have begun negotiations with the Afghan government-in-exile to act, in theory, as its assistant in enforcing the law?
The nineteenth century offers plenty of legal precedents for military interventions in pursuit of law-enforcement goals. They're not *nice*, but they're there.
Edit: The idea of deputising the military by divisions sounds like right out of The west Wing. I doubt it would work, but it's just the thing some smartass Beltway lawyer might come up with. Me likes.