Originally published at: Don’t Be So Literal About What Counts as a Military Occupation - TPM – Talking Points Memo
I want to return to a topic I’ve alluded to in several recent posts. The U.S. Constitution, U.S. law and U.S. civic culture all have a deep resistance to the use of the military in civilian spaces, except under the most extreme circumstances. Even then, we rely almost exclusively on what are in effect state…
