Post #56790 by albaby1 on the US Policy board

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A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.

We've managed to get by with a standing military force for about 150 or more now, without it being much of a problem.

Remember, the above quote refers to the military in general. It's not specific to some executive security force or domestic military units. It's the U.S. Army.

The Founders were very into state-supervised militias and not having a U.S. Army (or any other branches of the military). The War of 1812 showed that was unworkable. We moved past that a long, long time ago.

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