Scary if you ask me. What sort of precedent is this setting? This has never been done in the history of the US (sans helping out with Katrina relief a couple years ago). With what's going on in the financial world, it's certainly interesting timing. Not to mention it directly goes against the US constitution, specifically the part stating that the army will not be used against it's own citizens.Why couldn't the National Guard have done this?
this new mission marks the first time an active unit has been given a dedicated assignment to NorthCom, a joint command established in 2002 to provide command and control for federal homeland defense efforts and coordinate defense support of civil authorities.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/0...eland_090708w/