I guess it all comes down to using the right tool for the job.hana maru wrote:Please elaborate?Deadhouse wrote:I can't even beging to tell you how bad of an idea that would be.father of lies wrote: He just said the national guard will be readied in case of unrest, to perform necessary services, like run prisons and mental institutions.
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National Guard soldiers are trained to fight wars. The last I heard somewhere like 85% of WI National Guard units had done at least one tour in Iraq or Afghanistan. Sure, they might humanitarian/natural disaster stuff, but anyone can fill a sand bag or hand out blankets.
They simply lack the training and mentality for such jobs as running a prison. Look at the complete cluster fuck that was Abu Gharib. And that was with suspected insurgents, not convicted criminals who also happen to be U.S. citizens. They simply lack the training and experience to be prison guards and not end up getting shanked by some dude with a life sentence and nothing to lose. Knowing the Army, it will give them some bullshit 2 week training course and then turn them loose. Even MP's don't have any real training in penology.
Using the military to impose order over our citizens always seems like a bad idea to me. Especially in this case considering that a lot of people in the Guard are students who are being directly effected with all the protests and walk out and such.