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Originally Posted by james_nix

I don't believe that this is some sinister exercise, but even if they are practicing for martial law, what's the big deal? The US government needs to practice for emergencies.

What if there is a natural disaster, a terrorist dirty bomb, or a real live war? That's not the time to try to start learning how to restore order.

Shouldn't the years of deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq provided enough practice at war and 'restoring order'?