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American citizens. See Bosworths report here. I well remember when my f riend LT CDR Ernest Guy Cunningham conducted his Combat Arms Survey to 300 active-duty Marines at the USMCs Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif ornia, back on May 10, 1994. A couple of questions in this survey were especially revealing (and startling). John McManus picks up the story at this point: One of the questions asked the Marines if they would be willing to be assigned to a national emergency police f orce within the U.S. under U.S. command. T he survey showed that 6.0 percent strongly disagreed, 6.3 percent disagreed, 42.3 percent agreed, 43.0 percent strongly agreed, and 2.3 percent had no opinion. Commenting on these results, Cunningham said, Do you realize that 85.3 percent agreed with assigning troops to a mission that violates the Posse Comitatus Act? Remember, these were active duty Marines back in 1994. Responses to another question were even more startling. Cunninghams question: Consider the f ollowing statement: I would f ire upon U.S. citizens who ref use or resist conf iscation of f irearms banned by the U.S. government. T he result: 42.3 percent strongly disagreed with this statement; 19.3 percent disagreed; 18.6 percent agreed; 7.6 percent strongly agreed; and 12.0 percent had no opinion. T his equates to approximately 61% of Marines saying they would def y orders to turn their weapons on US citizens in order to disarm them; 26% saying they would not disobey such orders; and 12% ref using to say one way or the other, which means you could probably add them to the 26% who would not disobey orders to turn their weapons on American citizens. See McManus report here. Not too long ago, I asked a retired US Army Major General what he thought the results would be today if CDR Cunningham gave that same survey to US Marines? He said he thought that the number of those ref using such orders would be much higher and the number of those complying with such orders would be much lower. Given the Levin/McCain bill currently working its way through the US Congress, I sure hope hes right! And I also hope that we modern Americans were not wrong to discard our f ounders distrust of standing armies. *If you appreciate this column and want to help me distribute these editorial opinions to an ever-growing audience, donations may now be made by credit card, check, or Money Order. Use this link. 2011 Chuck Baldwin All Rights Reserved