Obama’s Compulsory Civil Defense Service – Rahm Emanuel Audio clip

Ever since it was mentioned a lot of people have been talking about this enigmatic program being referred to as a Civil Defense Service. While I will take the advice of others not to hurry and rush out screaming the H-word at first wind of this, but I will go far enough to say that this is really, really creepy. We have survived for 240 years without a compulsory civil defense force, so I really do not understand the need to build a civilian paramilitary to handle whatever this new force is supposed to handle. The reporter in the video is trying really hard to get Emanuel to answer the questions about the Barracks or Uniforms, but Emanuel just laughs at him as if the concerns of this reporter are somehow amusing.

Another thing that bothers me is the video clip from Obama at the end. He claims that this new Civil Security Force should be “Just as powerful. Just as strong. Just as well-funded.”, and I wonder just how far and how much training this new force would have to go through to be just as powerful and strong as our Armed Forces. Will this new Civilian defense service be armed? Will they patrol the streets as a type of secondary police force to keep the peace? What exactly will their purpose be?

Another thing that bothers me about this is the sheer hypocrisy of the idea. For years the left has complained and cried foul against the Bush Administration for “fear-mongering” and using the threat of terrorism to scare people in to supporting the War in Iraq. However, in the clip you can hear Rahm Emanuel using the same tactic of cohersion that the left has accused the right of trying. Aside from Emanuel’s own “fear-mongering” to try and convince the reporter that the mandatory civil defense service is necessary we, the people, have been given no other reason why this draft service is being created.

I also question Obama’s claims that this new force will be just as well-funded as the U.S. Armed Forces. Where will he get the money to arm his new civilian defense force? I believe we all know the answer to that.

This just screams bad idea, but you people voted for the guy. People wanted Hope and Change and it seems they’ll get it whether they like it or not.