Interview last night with Gen. D. Hokanson where he states "65,000 National Guard soldiers and airmen that are on duty today".
As of Jan 4, there were 8 out of 10 carrier fleets returned to US stations.
Patriot missiles reportedly deployed to DC, and and EO Protecting The United States From Certain Unmanned Aircraft Systems
You would need to be retarded at this point to thing this kind of force allocation is about protests. This is something else.
They're worried that the instability caused by the protests may provide an opportunity for a state-player to launch a surprise attack.
I can't think of any protestors, other than state sponsored ones, who would be stupid enough to turn up packing heat tomorrow in DC.
Even if they did, would they REALLY need 60,000 soldiers for that? More than we needed against jihads?
Not even all those people who constantly say "shall not be infringed"?
No, not people like me or many others who own firearms.
It would take at least 120,000 armed civilians to even hope to match what the NG has posted in DC. I can't find anywhere a group that size (or any group tbh) organizing 120,000 people to show up in DC tomorrow. I think organizing something that size should be pretty easy to find unless it's clandestinely organized through some kind of state sponsorship.
I'm not saying to take them on, just to "exercise their rights" like those people at the state house in Michigan.
Shall not be infringed. It is the way.
Concentrating most of the infrantry in DC is the worst way to prepare for a pearl harbor.