This text was published on a website of military news run by veterans, and are openly partisans of order. Despite being authored by our enemies, it offers some insight into the logic of counterinsurgency waged in Ferguson, MO during the August 2014 rebellion and in similar situations elsewhere across the country.
“Counter-Insurgency almost always involves the use of local proxy forces. Using American soldiers to fight Iraqis gives an impression of imperialism and occupation, so why not use Iraqi units that we train and lead to fight the war instead? Using white police officers to fire tear gas into crowds of black protestors (or rioters) gives a distinct impression of racial inequality and oppression. Whether these perceptions are true or not is another question, but these are perceptions which exist, and from the point of view of Counter-Insurgency, perceptions need to be managed.”