The Civilian Expeditionary Force: Obama Says ‘Burden’ Can’t be All on the Military

That’s why our taxes should pay for these wars, not borrowed money from the Chinese or the Fed’s printing press. Then unwise wars would not take place.

This will be Obama’s Praetorian Guard. Once created, it will be a home to union thugs, leftists, Marxists, Maoists and community organizers. Then will come the pretext (i.e. fabricated emergency) to station these revolutionaries in our cities, state capitals and any other place they are needed to “assist” the local population in seeing the light of the Anointed One.

Founded on November 4, 2008 and soon to be lead by General Eric Holder….Scary Times….

Shame on you ABC for giving the President a free pass!!!!!!

Why in the world would the US need an enternal security force? This shot is a new spin on his original intent to create a govt. security force, per his Nov. 2008 public speech.
For what purpose? We have the peace Corp. right. Why do we think we need an independent force, with the power of the military and it’s equipment.
Who would it report to?
Through out history, these military groups are associated with supression
of political thought & actions.
Thank God Nov. is only 4 months away.

So you have a “skills draft” and “civillian national security force” (what you mean STASI?, oh yeah we already have that under the Patriot Act!) and Obama now has the authority to assasinate AMERICAN citizens not only overseas but HERE! It was reported in the New York Times, the newspaper of record, so it must be true!
Let’s see he gave ALL of our money to billionaire bankers, re-established another war in Afghanistan (america’s longest BTW)to keep the poppy trade going, and wants his supporters (yes the number is dwindling) to “get in the face” of those who dare to disagree with his authoritarian (and ironically Bush-Cheney like) policies…
Yeah, I can see why you are mad and disrespectful towards the American people over him. I really do… Tell me, have you misplaced your meds, or have you lost your presciption?

bill. glad to see you woke up but, it is too late it is folks like you that voted this clown in and put our country under, you and the other sheep are to blame, shame on you … look what you have done to our children and grandchildren, our country will never recover from obama and his crooks,,,

Aaron, in 2005 the ‘private sector’ as you euphemistically call it was busy sucking all the wealth out of our people.
Don’t count businesses and corporations among the producers. People produce wealth, executives steal it.

Through out history, when was an internal security unit, or seperate police group used for the good of the people? This is not a kingdom. This is the United States, created by free enterprise and incentives to succeed.
No, we have 4 branches of military
organization. We don’t need a private army. Why does Obama think he needs one?
A civilian group, should never have the unlimited power of the military.

Because only “Big Business” is the private sector and only scary Republicans are owned by “Big Business”, right? No Democrats take any big business money or ever write regulations or set-asides for their favorite customers.
If you are going to so economically ignorant as to cite 700,000 lost jobs per month, at least be accurate and true to yourself and list which party was in charge of both houses of Congress from 2006 on, and oh by the way, which part of our 3 part government writes the budget and controls the purse strings?
Ain’t so simple is it? So are we doing economically awesome right now, or are we bailing out the states, still waiting for your enlightening answer. Because I’m just so much better off in 2010 than I was in 2008. Oh wait a minute, not much has changed at all, has it?

Obama is too smart by half..His handlers obviously feel that this is the moment to push for the civilian “expeditionary” force under the guise of using it to “save” the mission in Afghanistan..so clever, but way too obvious. Schools, police..let me guess..firefighters too? Sounds like this force will be unionized, no? And the “force” at home can conduct expeditionary “sweeps” through our neighborhoods ..checking to make sure thermostats are set “right”..that sprinkers aren’t used too often, that no one is hiding a chevy truck in their garage…

“Posted by: Mary | Jun 30, 2010 8:31:41 PM”
Here’s the whole quote versus what you parroted from the right wing media.
FactCheck: ”
Obama, July 2, Colorado Springs, CO: [As] president I will expand AmeriCorps to 250,000 slots [from 75,000] and make that increased service a vehicle to meet national goals, like providing health care and education, saving our planet and restoring our standing in the world, so that citizens see their effort connected to a common purpose.
People of all ages, stations and skills will be asked to serve. Because when it comes to the challenges we face, the American people are not the problem – they are the answer. So we are going to send more college graduates to teach and mentor our young people. We’ll call on Americans to join an energy corps, to conduct renewable energy and environmental clean-up projects in their neighborhoods all across the country.
We will enlist our veterans to find jobs and support for other vets, and to be there for our military families. And we’re going to grow our Foreign Service, open consulates that have been shuttered and double the size of the Peace Corps by 2011 to renew our diplomacy. We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set.
We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded. We need to use technology to connect people to service. We’ll expand USA Freedom Corps to create online networks where American can browse opportunities to volunteer. You’ll be able to search by category, time commitment and skill sets. You’ll be able to rate service opportunities, build service networks, and create your own service pages to track your hours and activities.
This will empower more Americans to craft their own service agenda and make their own change from the bottom up.”
Right wingers would be better off saying the truth, that they fear Obama because of his skin color instead of making things up.

“because lets be honest, this “civilian force” will be the new green police, created to enforce the new regulations that come about under cap and trade.”
I am truly amazed that right wingers are even able to post here as they seem to live in eternal fear of non existent things.

Right wingers would be better off saying the truth, that they fear Obama because of his skin color instead of making things up.
Posted by: Ryan C | Jun 30, 2010 8:49:52 PM
Ryan, go peddle that crap somewhere else.

Aaron, in 2005 the ‘private sector’ as you euphemistically call it was busy sucking all the wealth out of our people.
Don’t count businesses and corporations among the producers. People produce wealth, executives steal it.
Posted by: Flash Override | Jun 30, 2010 7:36:38 PM
Yeah, like the executives that waltzed through Fannie Mae, collecting their “cooked books” bonuses. Good that you mentioned them though.

Ryan, Mary’s cliff notes version was less scary than your full blown quote. Thanks for sharing though..

The Democrats took control of Congress in 2007.
Posted by: Ryan C | Jun 30, 2010 8:58:47 PM
Yeah, we know. They won a majority in Nov 2006 and took control in jan 2007. Blah, blah, blah. Do you sit in front of your computer waiting for someone to type 2006 or does it come directly to your Inbox?

“Ryan, go peddle that crap somewhere else.”
The truth hurts.

“But I’m sure you’ll be happy serving.”
Sure.
Volunteering is never a waste of one’s time.
I realize the concept of volunteering one’s time without getting one’s picture in the church newsletter may seem like a waste to right wingers but it really is not about you.

Ryan..when you level an accusation such as racism against someone you have never met just because they disagree with you, it totally erases your credibilty. I don’t agree with alot of what you post, but you defend your beliefs and I can respect that..some people default to the racist stuff because they are too lazy to make their case..you don’t seem to be that type, so why do it?

“If you find a job and work for a living, your perspective might change about normal people who love the Constitution and value productivity”
See that is what slays me….that right wingers who claim to honor hard work and value productivity want to do everything they can to protect the companies who openly rip you off.
As if pursuit of profit margin has some morality to it.

“so Ryan, are you personally/philosophically/politically against working for money?”
No, I am against not working for money.
Which is why I support the estate tax.

I don’t know any right wingers who accept welfare checks.They certainly work harder than the freeloaders who make up a large percentage of the Democrat party.

I find it eerily coincidental that Obama’s new ‘civil expeditionary force’ is within his National Security Strategy (NSS). Yes, it is dubbed the NSS. Take away the N and you’ve got the very same outfit used in 1939 Germany for exactly the very same purpose Obama is proposing to use his stromtroopers for:
Obama’s NSS: “grow the civilian expeditionary capacity required to assist governments on a diverse array of issues.”
What could those “diverse array of issues” possibly consist of? This blanket statement is so vague that it could include anything.

Okay, so NOW are the references to WWII and Obama beginning to make sense??? Hello???
It’s called the Peace Corps (or corpse in POTUS speak).
The world doesn’t need Barack’s private banana republic army.

This civilian force is going to be subject to attacks by the Taliban. How many civilians are willing to go to a country where there is religious intolerance and corruption and violence? The Taliban don’t want Americans in their country and are willing to kill them to remain in their backwards ignorance. I wouldn’t want to put my life on the line to build something only to have the Taliban blow it up and take me out along with it.

what in the world is this fool thinking???!!!!

“Okay, then what is the civil Affairs Community supposed to do?”
It sounds like this would be a civilian “army” sent to places like Iraq or Afghanistan, armed with good intentions, to instill in the locals the value of peace, harmony and bigger government. Certainly, the locals would welcome this intrusion into their society.

Posted by: Sigmonde | Jul 1, 2010 8:40:45 AM
You know Sigmonde, you elegantly distilled the idea down to a paragraph.
The way you word it, it’s easy to see that the idea of a civilian expeditionary force (CEF) may have merit.
I think the President should now seize the opportunity and prove to the world what a good idea it is. He should gather volunteers to go into Marjah now. Don’t wait, we need to do it right away. I think Valerie Jarrett would be an excellent leader of this first thrust of the CEF. She should recruit other like minded souls from Harvard and Yale, a good 200 should be enough. They can go into Marjah by the end of July and start to make a difference right away.
How smart is this?
The president has an idea for a costly program and he must prove it’s validity before going to congress for funding.
If NoBo would only have done that with health care before passing the bill we’d be a lot better off.

j nesbit ” blaming the President does no good!!! ” Then why is he blaming everything on the republicans????? He knew when he run for President that there were 2 wars, an economic crisis and problem with immigration, remember when he said that there were no blue or red states just united states, jet he has done a very, very good job of dividing the country by openly shunning the opposition and working ONLY with the democrats.

Obama…How is he going to control “Civilian Expeditionary Force” from committing abuses when he can’t even…..wait for it…control his Attorney General Eric Holder from committing abuses??????
ryanc…Let me see if I can put the concept of “Profit” in the liberal plus column in elementary terms in which you will be able to grasp….Profit is used for Research and Development, which includes supporting our largely liberal academic system. Profit is used to expand production facilities; thus creating jobs of which some may go to support illegals. Profit may be used to support community based projects such as those projects run by our Prez. Profit is used to determine the health of our economy…ummm on second thought, maybe profit is not such a good thing on this point for the sake of the current administration strike this one…So you see ryan c profit is beneficial….

What is the peace corps for 100 Alex?

The biggest problem undercutting a solution to the Afghan War is political opportunism. Everyone knows that any real solution involves negotiating with and incorporating the Taliban into the government.
If a Democratic president tried to do that, he would be roundly criticized by Republicans for it, even though he would be right.
If a Republican president tried to do that he would be roundly criticized by Democrats for it, even though he would be right.
There are some people who stand to gain by sucking our national treasury into this useless conflict, and they put alot of money into politicians and the media.
The only solution is grassroots alliances on the issue – tea party, acorn: you both agree on ending the war so get it together now.

I was alarmed when he made these statements when capaigning and MORE alrmed now that we see how thin his skin is when criticised and the arm-twisting techniques he uses to gain votes for his agenda.No to civilian army…remember he said it should be “just as well equipped as the military”? For civilian use? NO! That would usher in tyranny!

Civiliian Expeditionary Force? What? We are going to invade with the soccer moms, and couch potato dads?
It’s offical, Obama is SO desperate to find new wars to enrich his cronies, and buy the next election that he wants to draft “Joe and Jane Schmo”, to occupy and fight mutiple wars.
Not fight to actually win, mind you. Just fight well enough to lose. Mr. President to quote John Kerry: “How can you ask a man to be the last man to die for a MISTAKE?”

You know, the last time I checked the Peace Corps was still alive and kicking with a mission and capabilities to do just what obama is talking about. So one has to wonder why would he want to stand up a WHOLE NEW agency unless his intent was to arm and use this Civilian “Espeditionary Force” for more things than just building roads in far distant lands…

How will Barack account for the “civilian” casualties that will pile up in direct reaction to his need to Barack the World in his image?
As to idiots who believe this is only benign and for the US only…grow up, fast!!!

Does anybody remember the howls from the left when civilian contractors were beheaded in Iraq? The story line was they would never have gone someplace soooo dangerous had they not been desperate..DESPERATE!!..for work..and that was all Bush’s fault…FF to 2010..and Barack is a GENIUS!! Lets send civilians to Talibanville to fix up schools..it will be different cause they are working for the government directly. So what is this?..our stimulus didn’t work here so we’ll send it over there?..and what happens when the first guy gets his head blown off? or a group of marines dies trying to rescue him? Not a problem anymore? Frankly, its all smoke and mirrors..this is about the creation of a massive, unionized “force” to “enforce” the new rules coming under cap n trade..Ding-dong, may I talk to you about the census will become ding-dong may I talk to you about your thermostat?..we are creating a parallel economy, complete with new laws, new taxes and a new civilian enforcement corps…this is gonna get interesting real soon.

They fluorodated the water for over 45 years. a sedative. sorry obama admin but your civilian army wont amount to jack squat. you can thank your science czar holdren for his book “eco science” where he suggests adding sterilants and all kinds of other toxic goodies to our water. never should have poisoned your pitbulls you wish to do your bidding huh?

Only way he’s gonna get a civilian workforce is to do some kind of draft for it. Anybody actually volunteering for this…..well Good Luck (and nice knowin’ ya’)!

Obama is a communist surronded by a staff of radical communist, any American that would join this anti American President’s civilian SS Nazi police force is no American at all. The founding fathers warned and warned about men like Obama.

We have lots of civilian help we can send all from Mexico, looking for jobs the American workers won’t do. Just give them all Amnesty when they get to Afghanistan.

Obama is an idiot, he already has these units in place. Has he ever heard of the Army Corps. of Engineers, The U.S. Navy Seabees and the U.S. Peace Corps. They do the same functions as he describes and are already in place. What’s he doing creating another Bureaucracy headed by another Czar?

The gulf coast economy is being destroyed and this idiot has time to talk about a CEF? Time for him to go! FIRE OBAMA!

So, we need a Civilian Expeditionary Force, why? Don’t we already have contractors that do that kind of stuff? I guess it’s all part of the starategy to socialize America and to get more people on the governemnt roles making them dependant on the Democrats; I’m sure they would all be part of a union. The Democratic Party has become the socialist party in America and are going at warp speed trying to change as much as possible before they get booted out.

No thanks Obama. We’ll try again after the next election.

I think it is truly amazing how absolutely ignorant this administration is about America in between the west coast and the east coast.This president is obviously unaware of the tens of thousands of civilian volunteers working with many first responders and FEMA affiliated groups, who spend thousands of dollars of their own money for equipment to help out their served agencies, the reason this administration is for the most part unaware, some government workers can’t fathom volunteering without getting paid a dime, they feel they should all be paid overtime and not off the clock. Trial lawyer association agendas clearly will not solve the problems in the U.S. Mean while, us volunteers have an increase in taxes and an ever shrinking budget to fund equipment, fuel and time to help with served agencies in cities and counties throughout the U.S., I am hoping for the best for our country, but if more ordinary people don’t be part of the solution instead of a burden, the future of our great country has a very predictable outcome, like many other Democracies in the past!!!!

Obama’s version of the Sturmabteilung, no doubt about it.

Countries start with a good family. Pray.