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Kathy couldn't believe this was happening. After all, this was America, it couldn't happen here. But it was. Before the power had become so unreliable, and sporadic, she and her husband Tim, had seen the President come on the T.V. to talk to the American people. New York, L.A., and Washington D.C. had been hit with nuclear weapons. What hadn't been wiped out by the blasts, was so contaminated by radiation that rescue operations would be delayed until the radiation had died down. But until that happened, martial law was in effect.
With most of the military engaged in the middle east, the President had an idea. One that had been on his mind for a long time. N.A.T.O. troops were already in America. Some had been stationed on active military bases. Others were kept out of sight on bases that had been closed down for years. None of them cared a bit about the Constitution. They would do as they were told, without remorse or hesitation. After all, they weren't shooting their own people. This was America. These people needed to be brought down. They had been running things all over the world for far to long. The President knew that was what they were thinking. This was his chance to take full control over the nation. The members of Congress that hadn't been killed, didn't have a place to meet. He would make sure they never did. With numerous Presidential Orders, and Presidential Decision Directives already in place, in case of something like this, of course, he had the authority to rule by decree.
It wasn't long before the members of different gangs found out that these men weren't what they were expecting. Foolishly they had assumed they would be like the cops they were used to, and could deal with. They had expected these troops to follow the law, as did the American National Guardsmen. They didn't. It was as if they made up their own laws as they went. Soon the gang bangers were starting to drop like flies, as the foreign troops opened fire on them on sight. They didn't even try to capture them. They just shot them.
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