Regarding the perceived requirement for MRAPs within the United States for use against it’s citizen civilians, the administration and the DHS may be presuming that the American public / defenders of the US Constitution are and will be at least as innovative and persistent as those creating and fielding IEDs in Iraq and other global locations.
So, I guess that you are correct. We would be at war.....
If they can successfully create violent civil unrest/riots forcing the states governors to use the national guard, then make it appear as if some violent militant group has teamed up with foreign terrorist, the governors will no longer have control the fed govt takes control because it will in fact be an act of war.
That’s where the Weather Underground screwed up, they used domestic terrorist instead of foreign terrorist.
Domestic terrorist it’s a law enforcement problem. Foreign terrorist and it’s an act of war.