PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – How, when and can the US military be deployed in American cities around the election? In this highly polarizing election season, law enforcement and intelligence groups have been warning that violence or unrest poses a threat to Tuesday’s election — and what could come next.
We’re already seeing it: Ballot boxes in the Pacific Northwest have been set ablaze with incendiary devices. A Texas man allegedly punched a 69-year-old poll worker after he was asked to remove his MAGA hat.
And a recent report from the University of Pennsylvania found that “civil unrest in the face of the 2024 presidential election and beyond is a realistic if not likely possibility.”
That report touches on a once-unfathomable question that’s been getting a lot of attention recently: Could the military be called on to quell election-related violence in America’s streets?
National Guard on standby in case of election violence. The governors of three states — Washington, Nevada and Oregon — said they’re prepared to use the National Guard to help with potential civil unrest on Election Day or the days after.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here’s a roundup of today’s other top defense stories ending the week from conservative national security expert PAUL CRESPO.
Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEFING – the PDB:
HOMELAND SECURITY
POLITICS
Harris and Trump are ignoring the US defense crisis. Illegal immigration, the economy, abortion, character and personality will determine the 47th president, not critical national security issues.
Many military ballots won’t be counted until after Election Day. Many states won’t know the results of the presidential election on the night of Nov. 5, and military ballots are partially to blame.
US POWER OVERSEAS
Air Force to send latest bomber task force to Europe to train with NATO allies.
SEE 10 US and allied fighters from Japan, and South Korea escort B-1 in Pacific show off force just days after North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. China launched its own wave of its warplanes near Taiwan the same day.
IRAN THREAT
CHINA THREAT
China’s template for a blue-water coast guard. The two Coast Guard cutters Meishan and Xiushan recently ended a dramatic 35-day deployment that brought them from the East China Sea to the Sea of Japan, the North Pacific, the Bering Sea, and, ultimately, the Arctic Ocean — and back again.
China says ‘unexpected obstruction’ pushed its spy plane into Japanese airspace this summer.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
NATO’s Secretary-General says Russian attacks on Europe are ‘intensifying.’ It is staging hybrid attacks on other countries as part of its all-out war on Ukraine.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
US, South Korean military drones carry out unprecedented live-fire training.
SPACE THREAT
Europe picks consortium for sovereign satellite constellation IRIS². This, as the EU seeks its own satellite broadband system to ensure the bloc isn’t reliant on foreign entities such as Elon Musk’s Starlink.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
German Navy confirms its supersized frigate will avoid Houthi missile and drone dangers of the Red Sea. It is returning from an extensive deployment to the Indo-Pacific region via the Cape of Good Hope.
US MILITARY
‘I would be comfortable’ if USAF took over air base defense from Army, says Air Force Secretary. The Pentagon should give the Air Force the mission and the resources to carry it out.
END of PDB
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