A member of my extended family, known for his tendency to be an exaggerating smart-ass, works as a cop. I like cops fine. I just don’t have a lot of respect for this particular alarmist.
He says that the police are meeting to make plans about what to do in case of terrorist up-risings within the United States while we are at war in Iraq. He says that too many of our National Guard are being shipped out and that the local police will be federalized.
I understand that police are having meetings to discuss contingency plans, but I think he is imagining a lot.
He believes that sleeper cells of terrorists all over the country will be attacking American citizens. He also suggests that immigrants from many Middle Eastern countires will “rise up” to take control.
Does such a scenario seem as out of reach to you as it does to me?
I don’t mind if this thread expands to include a discussion of what we can expect to happen here.