User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author: What is Cinder's plan?/@comment-69.138.47.162-20140806172415/@comment-24218038-20140807160004

Military and policing are not the same thing. One is for armed combat, the other for keeping the peace.

Dust theft is a police matter not a military one. Even the military has their own police force (MPs) because they recognize the difference. MP's are trained in police techniques as well as military. Phase 1 was only petty theft.

Now with that being said, if what we saw with the mech in the trailer comes to fruition. Then it might become a military operation. We'll have to see where it goes.