As far we know, the use of the military in domestic or civil activities is prohibited by law, except the national guard unites which fall under the authority and aegis of the states.
The following story is told from the Pollyanna view of an Army Times reporter, not from an objective analyst's. Inside these paragraphs are some frightening realities, among them the fact that multiple units of service branches are training to do what local police now do, except thatthe full weight of Defense Department deployment of military force will takeover our streets much the way the 3,700-strong police force locked down St. Paul and the Target Center during the RNC.
It may seem benign reading through this, but once you understand the nature and danger of this illegal use of American military forces on civil setting, you can filter this information through that lens and know that we're
watching the launch of a new level of uniformed armed and armored security
forces ready to clamp down on organized dissent inside the United States,
again, heretofore utterly unlawful.
Based on the above statements, it appears the government is anticipating some extremely serious public outrage and protests - large enough to need the help of the Army and other branches of the military who have been called upon to help in this “missionâ€. What is the Bush administration preparing itself for, and what action will trigger these protests they anticipate will require military intervention to quell?