Late Tuesday, the Pentagon announced in a statement that a battalion of combat troops from an Army quick-reaction force based at Fort Bragg had moved into the Washington area, as well as a military police headquarters unit from Fort Bragg and a military police battalion from Fort Drum.
In all, about 1,600 troops were being deployed to the Washington area from Fort Bragg and Fort Drum, the statement said, noting that the troops would be stationed initially at nearby bases outside the District of Columbia.
The Pentagon said this was “a prudent planning measure in response to ongoing support to civil authorities operations.”
“They are on heightened alert status,” the statement said of the troops, but added that they were not yet participating in operations inside the city limits.[/quote]
The public will probably tolerate the military firing bullets at citizens.
But the moment they launch one shell or drop one bomb, that’s when all hell breaks loose.
