It's certainly not a requirement to "anticipate". Still, we have a lot of dopers and Libertarian/tines on these FR dope threads who claim the US government is sending too many DEA agents after them (or the people they speak for, or is that "speak up" for, or whatever it is they claim they are doing).
So, let's "flip" the situation ~ and, lo and behold, that very thing (too much government force) is now claimed to be a "straw man".
There's certainly no need for petty consistency in these debates is there?