Subject: Re: WhiskeyLeaks Meeting
He will tell the commanders that henceforth their assignment will be to oppress American citizens (“homeland defense”). This could be combined with the third scenario: those who refuse will be fired.

Possibly to declare select state governments -California, New York, Illinois, etc- as hostile to American interests, thus necessitating major military actions to purge said state governments, instituting martial law until new governments can be installed.