President-elect Obama called for a Civilian National Security Force (CNSF). He did this on July 2, 2008 in Colorado Springs. What does this mean? What is a CNSF? Those that have lived or know of people that have lived in totalitarian regimes certainly know what this means.
The very thought of a CNSF send chills down the spine and cause hairs to stand up on the back of the neck. It sounds eerily similar to community-volunteer police groups that a government may establish to suppress, identify, and punish dissent. At a minimum it pits one segment of the population against another. The community-volunteers of this ilk are typically mediocre types that see this as a means to attack the more successful, free-thinking citizens.
However, Mr. Obama did not call for a rag-tag neighborhood crime watch group. No, he spoke of creating a CNSF that was just as powerful and just as well-funded as our military forces. That would total almost $500 Billion a year. Is that what he means? If not, then why did he say it and what indeed does he mean? You can fund a KGB, a Gestapo, and a Stasi with that kind of money. Even at lower level funding, the proposal is alarming. Cubans, for example, know all too well that Castro's Committee for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) caused great damage and divided families.
Barack Obama must explain the precise nature of the domestic danger that he sees that cannot be addressed by existing federal, state, and local police enforcement, including the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. Otherwise, we can and should question his motives and repel any version of a CNSF.
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