I love how our government and government-controlled media love to scare us. I mean, why else would you force fear down so many sheeple throats with crap like this and this and this? Nothing more than fear mongering imo. The only positive side of this is perhaps we will remove troops from around the world and position them at home in the US (where they should be) to actually protect OUR soil. Ah, but this is not the plan.

A representative for the U.S. Northern Command told ABCNews.com that 15,000 trained military troops will be stationed inside the United States by 2011, ready to respond to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive incidents.

"These troops are not designed to be first responders," said spokesman Mike Kucharek. "They are designed to be in place to supplement the state and local efforts."

Of the 15,000 troops, Kucharek said that 5,000 will be active-duty troops and the remaining 10,000 will be a combination of reserve forces and National Guard.

Sigh. Here are 2 quotes to tickle your brain:

"The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."

- Hermann Goering (Hitler's right hand man and top adviser)

"To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists, for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve."

- John Ashcroft (defending the Patriot Act)