This is a problem. Anyone who can't see where it's going isn't paying attention. Government is worried because of changing public perceptions relative to government use of authority. A great many people are concerned that government has crossed over the line when it comes to issues of privacy and the general state of freedom. The gross transgressions of the Bush presidency and the harm those transgressions have wrought to the nation have played a significant role in this changing public perception. This will end with a condition that no matter what government does or has done the military will be called upon to intervene. This means government can do whatever it wants and in spite of a constitutional prohibition against it the government will use the military to quell any disturbance - justified or not. Government will call all such instances domestic terrorism no matter what it really is.

What do you think will be the reaction of citizens when in the coming years citizens demonstrate and there are armed troops all over the place? This will have a negative effect on the right of assembly at the very least. People will feel threatened by their own government. For that reason alone this should not be done. Stating this as being a response to the terrorist threat is bullshit. The dumb bastards in our government just don't see the relationship between citizens feeling threatened and the inevitable response to that threat. The worst possible thing a government can do is  act in a way that will be perceived as taking away freedom. We already have the DOD operating as a major participant in domestic intelligence. This is the next logical step in the infringement upon our freedoms. Here comes the police state. Very fucked up.

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