It was never clarified what Obama meant when he stated in July 2008: “We cannot continue to rely on our military to achieve the national security objectives 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.”

Historical note: Germany under Hitler during hard economic times established volunteer “Civilian National Security Patrols” to help Citizens and to protect the Homeland. But soon after the patrols were setup, the volunteers were transformed into a neighborhood Political Enforcement and Informant Arm” of the Nazi Secret Police.

How would U.S. local and State police interface with Obama’s proposed “civilian national security force?” Would Obama volunteers have access to U.S. Citizens’ private records? Could Constitutional rights including the Fourth Amendment be discarded, allowing Obama “Civilian Security Forces” to search Americans and their homes? Could Americans lose their right to bear arms? The Nazis used Civilian Forces, e.g., the Gestapo to confiscate private arms, arrest Germans and seize their private property, often moving into Citizens’ homes. Could the Obama Administration employ, U.S. private mercenaries now overseas, civilians, to work with Obama’s “Civilian National Security Force” in U.S. Cities?
Most Americans oppose mercenaries engaged on U.S. soil.

My caution is that this sort of rhetoric is what we would hear from a wanna-be dictator. This may be a drastic conclusion to draw at this point, but the language and the goal of establishing myriad ideologically-driven “Corps” is alarming.

If innocuous, it is completely redundant. Most likely, it’s a typical government ploy- use the state to fund a new project that already exists, even though it is more efficient to reform the current system.

Then again, Roosevelt’s social programs created an entire generation of people to trust the state and Democratic party for guidance. So maybe he’s looking to the long haul?