What does it mean when one country’s military is openly allowed to enter another country to help provide additional resources? Does it matter? Or does it depend on the situation…a crisis, perhaps?
First posted on Friday, February 22nd 2008 on canada.com by David Pugliese and in conjunction with Canwest news service:
“Canada, US agree to use each other’s troops in civil emergencies”
Here are the first few paragraphs:
“Canada and the U.S. have signed an agreement that paves the way for the militarys from either nation to send troops across each other’s borders during an emergency, but some are questioning why the Harper government has kept silent on the deal.
Neither the Canadian government nor the Canadian Forces announced the new agreement, which was signed Feb. 14 in Texas.
The U.S. military’s Northern Command, however, publicized the agreement with a statement outlining how its top officer, Gen. Gene Renuart, and Canadian Lt.-Gen. Marc Dumais, head of Canada Command, signed the plan, which allows the military from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a civil emergency.”
But wait…can our own military be used on civilians, ie ‘civil emergencies’….much less a foreign military? (What happened to Posse Comitatus? For more information about that, more information can be found –HERE–) (Extra bonus question: Can you find online which other nations had troops operating in our country to provide assistance? And…is that legal? If it is not, how is it allowed…And does it matter what our laws say anymore? Are there people who have to follow our laws, and people who are exempt in our country?)
But did you know…this is actually nothing new? Did you know that during the national emergency involving Hurricane Katrine in New Orleans, there were foreign troops that operated in the US in order to ‘assist’ the entire emergency effort? (Maybe that sounds too weird to be true? If so, please look at articles from the emergency, including this one entitled, “Mexican Troops Aid Katrine Efforts”. You can read it –HERE–)
What is happening? Is this revealing a gradual slipping away of national sovereignty? Is this showing a shift towards something such as a North American union? Or is this a perfectly legal, safe, and ’standard’ procedure to provide international assistance when deemed needed? (One question one might ask, though, if that is the case: who decides what constitutes a ‘disaster’ or that ‘assistance’ is needed (and what is and isn’t allowed?)? Also…who is in charge of these troops when they are in our country? If we are…We now have the right to command foreign military? (Do people do that to us, too, then?). And if not…are we allowing foreign military powers to work inside our country legally under their own authority?
Are we daily seeing a move towards merger, and the framework for a one world system of government and military? Do we see anything resembling what the Bible describes?
What do you think?
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