Americans have become so inured to the sight of federal troops fighting fires, rescuing flood victims from rooftops, and engaging in drug interdiction on the border that few eyebrows were raised when news broke that 20,000 active-duty infantry would soon be deployed on American soil for so-called homeland defense. But critics say this development – announced by U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) in October – is unprecedented and further evidence of a military mission-creep into domestic affairs, particularly in areas for which the National Guard and Reserves are already suited. “I don’t get it. I don’t understand why they are further … Continue reading Homeland Offense