Domestic paramilitary

It’s clear that Bush/Cheney identify themselves as a dictatorial government, even if they don’t call themselves that. They only thing they lack is a physical force to police the home front. Over the past few years, when things looked really ugly, I could comfort myself by with that thought that at least the military, bound by law and honor to obey the Commander in Chief, was far away from the home front and could not be effectively used to quell domestic discontent, if it came to that. I also had, and still have, grave doubts that the professional military would take action against Americans at home for a bunch of dead end DC flunkies.