Sooooo....they had to use the Guard because posse cometatus says you can't use federal troops against U.S. citizens. But when the Guard got mobilized they became defacto federal troops. So did they side step things by deputizing troops who were called up for federal service?
The mind fairly boggles.
On another topic, I was National Guard Infantry for 9 of my 35 years of service. We all agreed we would never fire on our fellow citizens if it was ordered because of politics. However, that was 25 years ago, and the way these guardsmen were raised is quite different from the way I was raised.
