...you have to be aware going in that Bush will turn any demonstrations into a bloody confrontation. He is already moving military units into position in anticipation.
Concerns about deployment of military on U.S. soil growing -- while mainstream media buries its head in the sand: Naomi WolfThe following is the spin of military spokespeople in response to questions about the deployment of the First Brigade on US soil for the first time in over 200 years.
The Army Times initially reported that the First Brigade would handle domestic crowd control and subduing 'unruly individuals' and that they had 'lethal and nonlethal technologies' to do so. Then it issued a correction declaring that the 'nonlethal' package was not for domestic crowd control. Then after a hue and cry was raised by many citizens, Northern Command (NorthCom) offered a wholesale revision of their mission – and the mainstream media is eating it up. Here is an excerpt from the articled linked to in the previous sentence:
http://buzzflash.com/articles/contributors/1813
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