RIP: Posse Comitatus Act

The Washington Post is reporting that:
"The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic catastrophe, according to Pentagon officials."

From my friend Joe:
Hmmmm, 20K troops to protect who???? Troops fresh from Iraq? The cops at least
don't yet have access to heavy artillery so they generally have to ask
questions before shooting. The military has no such training or inclination and
has no problems asking questions of corpses...