How many troops did it take, and how fast, to lock down Boston?
And you don’t have to work hard to impose your will on a population of sheep, like there was in Boston. They willingly accepted troops on the street, and stormtroopers in their homes.
You just have to tell them that “Those Evil Racist Teabaggers” are nearby, and they’ll turn in their neighbors for EBT cards that work.
Boston is a horrible comparative example to use. What worked in a fairly condensed city full of Liberals who were told that there were a couple of rage-filled murderous Muslim terrorist bombers on the loose isn’t going to work in, say, the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex.
Unfortunately you are right.