The dems in Calif think they run the country so this is not surprising.
its no wonder Arnold is doing well.
The democratic canidate for Governor of Cali says he will pull the troops out of Iraq. Is he confused as to what a governor does and what the President does? LOL
The dems in Calif think they run the country so this is not surprising.
its no wonder Arnold is doing well.
You get more with a kind word and a two by four than you do with just a kind word.
No its the Bush derangement syndrom, they just can't get a grip on reality.
You guys apparently don't understand the state national guard system. The governor of each states national guard has the power to withdraw troops from a mission.
exactly.....
I wonder what percentage of troops in nam err Iraq are Nat. Guard ?
From Ca and or total.
Poor tody, my main man, you're going to have to go back to civics and learn some basic things about the organizational structure of the states and federal governments and their respective responsibilites and such. You might talk to Dixie too about all that "States Rights" stuff, he could have told you right away that the National Guard is the responsibility of the governor of the states in which they are stationed.
Um...
http://www.arng.army.mil/about_us/pr..._our_world.asp
And according to the War Powers Act, the President has the right to Federalize the Guard when he is authorized by that Act to use Military Force....During peacetime each state National Guard answers to the leadership in the 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia. During national emergencies, however, the President reserves the right to mobilize the National Guard, putting them in federal duty status. While federalized, the units answer to the Combatant Commander of the theatre in which they are operating and, ultimately, to the President.
So, in other words... toby was right, the Governor of California cannot recall troops from Iraq, even the ones from the California National Guard as they are Federalized during "Wartime"....
I thank you...
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Damo,
An official declaration of war was never declared. Doesn't that make the rules a bit fuzzy ?
please provide the link that shows that Bush has indeed federalized the California National Guard - that right you say that he MAY exercise. If you can show that, then maybe you have something
No, according to the War Powers Act the vote gave him that authority. That isn't very "fuzzy". When the congress voted, using that act, they gave him the authority.
And Maineman, by ordering them overseas they were Federalized they are now under the command of the Highest officer of that theater and according to their own site next step up is the President...
We can pretend otherwise, but the Governor of California cannot recall his NG while they are in Iraq under the War Powers Act.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
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