Perpetual War

Josh Marshall, who doesn't even blog much about the immigration debate, is dead on with this observation about the President's loony idea to send the National Guard to militarize the border.

The White House is now saying the troops would only be temporary. But temporary until when? I guess just until there aren't any more illegals trying to come across the border from Latin America.

Just like how the war on terror will be over when there are no more terrorists left. In other words, never. Because this type of government that we're getting these days can only function in opposition to an enemy. Otherwise you can't have the kind of power grabs we've seen.

I wonder if we'll get any analysis after tonight's speech about the fact that National Guard troops would be completely unnecessary if the President didn't cut funding for the Border Patrol in a de facto cut of 10,000 officers at the border (who are actually trained specifically to defend it).

But we had enough money for a $70 billion dollar tax cut for the rich last week.