Peterike said:

“I just today came across perhaps the most frightening O quote yet (HT to Roger Kimball’s blog on Pajamas): We cannot continue to rely on our military in order 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. How can that not have you sweating with dread? Think on what he said! A “civilian security force”?? What on earth is that? The Stasi?”

How about the Schutzstaffel (SS), Sturmabteilung (SA) or Praetorian Guard?

They’ll have their own special uniform covered with American flags and swear an oath of loyalty to President B. Hussein.

A demagogue having his own personal army is a concept as old as Lucius Cornelius Sulla. It’s standard operating procedure for seizing power.

I was previously so frightened of B. Hussein that I couldn’t think straight. Now, I think I’ll crawl under the desk, assume the fetal position and start whimpering.