“Can anyone recall someone who has worked directly with the President on a day to day basis advising the use of military on its own people? What other time in history has this counsel been given?”
Just take a look at the US government’s response to unions and strikes in the 19th Century. Not to mention their response to the Bonus Army in the early 20th. It has been done. Repeatedly.
yesSir, and when we have Generals who actually live to *fight*, ie Patton & McArthur, we get violence directed at whomever they are unleahed upon...