[angkor]

What the so-called “War College report” (actually an academic paper) is really all about:

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=890

The author provides the defense policy team a clear warning against excessive adherence to past defense and national security convention. Including the insights of a number of noted scholars on the subjects of “wild cards” and “strategic surprise,” he argues that future disruptive, unconventional shocks are inevitable. Through strategic impact and potential for disruption and violence, such shocks, in spite of their nonmilitary character, will demand the focused attention of defense leadership, as well as the decisive employment of defense capabilities in response. As a consequence, the author makes a solid case for continued commitment by the Department of Defense to prudent strategic hedging against their potential occurrence.

[unkus]

Thanks, angkor.

[fortunate sun]

I understand the necessity of policy papers and so forth. I also understand there have been times in our nation’s history from the Whiskey Rebellion, Post WWI veteran’s riots and coal mine strikes.
I also believe, some of these papers percolate higher in the national consciousness than others. Can we trust the government to abstain from the use of force against the American population on a hair trigger?

[Dead Corpse]

As a consequence, the author makes a solid case for continued commitment by the Department of Defense to prudent strategic hedging against their potential occurrence.

IOW... using military assets domestically during civil unrest or terrorist attack. Pretty much exactly what the lead article states. Couching the language in softer terms does not change the meaning.