deepdiver
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I think a lot of extra stuff is being read into this. The US military has trained in the US with the assistance of US citizens since at least WWII. They trained for D-Day in England, sometimes in populated areas with the assistance of British citizens to act as French and German civilians. Much of the training they are doing is similar to the missions they are doing in the Middle East which often more resemble police patrols than military patrols. So there is historical precedence for such training in the US.
While it is easy in such uncertain times with good reason to distrust the government in general and this administration and congress in particular I have a hard time putting such nefarious connotations on this training.
I think a lot of extra stuff is being read into this. The US military has trained in the US with the assistance of US citizens since at least WWII. They trained for D-Day in England, sometimes in populated areas with the assistance of British citizens to act as French and German civilians. Much of the training they are doing is similar to the missions they are doing in the Middle East which often more resemble police patrols than military patrols. So there is historical precedence for such training in the US.
While it is easy in such uncertain times with good reason to distrust the government in general and this administration and congress in particular I have a hard time putting such nefarious connotations on this training.