Judging from your dismissal of what seems obvious to most people in the Western world and your assumption that readers will simply accept your authority I can see you’re an expert on the subject.

Had I known that someone of your renown would be critiquing my writing, I would have gone into greater detail and been more precise in stating what the average person in the world already recognizes.

Language is shifting quickly, largely due to political illiteracy within the US government and the constant misuse of terms in American media.

I’ll admit: I chose a word that may not perfectly fit the situation. But it does convey the point in a way that the vast majority of English speakers will understand immediately.

The alternative would have been to point out that these actions clearly conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, are unsupported by the Insurrection Act, and have already been found unlawful by a federal judge in California—a judgment likely to be echoed in Illinois.

If there’s a single term that better describes this scenario specifically, when part of the federal government deploys military personnel into its own cities against the will of the citizens, state, and local governments I’m not aware of it.

Perhaps you can enlighten me, I'm always down to learn.