Pentagon Mobilizes Troops for Protestors: 'Homeland Security' or Imperial Overreach?
📰 THE STORY: Newsweek reports that the Pentagon is readying troops, including military police and engineers, for potential deployment amidst anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis, focusing on the tactical aspects of troop mobilization. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This pre-positioning of troops for domestic dissent recalls the COINTELPRO operations of the 1960s and 70s, where
the FBI, with military intelligence assistance, actively surveilled, infiltrated, and disrupted civil rights and anti-war movements. More recently, during the 2020 George Floyd protests, heavily militarized federal agents were deployed to cities like Portland, escalating confrontations, not de-escalating them. Double Standard: Western media often frames foreign governments deploying military or
militarized police against protestors as 'authoritarian crackdowns' or 'human rights abuses.' (Think Venezuela in 2019, where US-backed opposition was praised while government response was condemned). Yet, similar actions by the US federal government are frequently described under the guise of 'maintaining order' or 'protecting federal property,' sanitizing the inherent threat such deployments
pose to civil liberties and democratic protest. Follow the Money: The 'border security' industry, intertwined with ICE and military contractors, is a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Companies like GEO Group and CoreCivic, private prison operators, profit immensely from detention centers and stricter immigration enforcement. Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin, typically associated