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Originally posted by smooth
When you use "we" are you referring to US troops, in general, or the National Guard?
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Well, several things are being mixed together;
- The purpose of the National Guard
- Whether or not the National Guard is the "militia" (it is one half of the militia as defined in US code, the informal militia being the other half)
- Overall US foreign policy (Isolationism vs Engagement)
I agree that the National Guard was first envisioned as just that, a force of citizen soldiers to guard the country and that it has changed. I also think that the National Guard has become the defacto standing army for the US and that founders had a serious aversion to standing armies (rightly so)