Thinking out loud :
Maybe all the troops are there to prevent all the pissed off Patriots from storming the Hill and massacaring Gongress once they see the video confessions of all the crimes ?
If they stand behind you protect them. If they stand beside you respect them. If [they] stand against you, show no mercy!
In response A poor Poetaster to his Publication
patriots know to go no where near that owl pit of serpents
