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Canadian Military Units To Undertake "Domestic Security"
in Global research Canada by Paul Joseph Watson
"The Canadian military has embarked on a wide-ranging plan to turn its reserve soldiers into focused units trained and equipped to respond to a nightmarish array of domestic threats," reports the National Post.
The militarization of law enforcement duties in the U.S., Canada and Britain is accelerating at a pace never before seen.
Last week it was revealed that the British Army is on standby to deal with rioting on UK streets as a result of the economic crisis, according to a newspaper report, which states that MI5 is targeting political activists who could help create a "summer of discontent".
Meanwhile, in the U.S., urban warfare training drills are taking place across the country as Northcom announces that tens of thousands of active duty troops will be stationed inside the U.S. for domestic purposes.
The U.S. Army War College in November released a white paper called Known Unknowns: Unconventional "Strategic Shocks" in Defense Strategy Development. The report warned that the military must be prepared for a "violent, strategic dislocation inside the United States," which could be provoked by "cunforeseen economic collapse," "purposeful domestic resistance," "pervasive public health emergencies" or "loss of functioning political and legal order." The "widespread civil violence," the document said, "would force the defense establishment to reorient priorities in extremis to defend basic domestic order and human security."
Canadian Military Units To Undertake "Domestic Security"
Military readies reservists for threats to 'domestic front' Adrian Humphreys, National Post, March 04, 2009
Is anyone shocked?
If the powers to be go as far as to prepare for internal unrest it is because they know that such unrest is going to take place in the foreseeable future. This has nothing to do with the threat of external terrorism. It concerns instability emerging from within the borders of Western societies due to economic dislocations following, perhaps a financial collapse, perhaps skyrocketing energy prices due to "peak oil", perhaps a drastically diminished economic cloud following the realignment of economic forces in the wake of the present financial shock, or perhaps other scenarios not yet documented...
So what to think? Those who detain power always try to keep it. Be it in a dictatorship as China or be it in Western democracies power is in the hands of a small elite. In China it is in the hands of the leadership of the communist party. In Western countries power is in the hands of the establishment that is comprised of the biggest capital holders in the banks, the media, the universities, etc. We better be informed about this very basic fact that those people are committed to do what it takes to preserve their power. So we the citizens, whatever action we might privilege, should only act in full knowledge of the fact that power seeks to guarantee its preservation.
