Scott,
I hate to disagree with you. There is a big difference between a military operation and policing. The goal of the military is to kill the enemy. There is a good reason the US military is not allowed to conduct operations within the US. The military is not equipped or trained to provide civil protection with regard for the civil rights that our Constitution provides us. I certainly dont agree with the military tactics that our police forces have adopted. Citizens are being harassed, assaulted, and killed with this shift to a more aggressive police forces
It is easy to think that locking down an area will solve the problems that are due to lack of education, lack of father figures, poverty, and poor morals. Once the curfew is lifted the problems will return.
I am not advocating that the government step in and pour money into fixing these people. You cant throw money at this type of a problem and get it to go away. When the people get tired of living that way, they will change there neighborhoods.
Don't forget they can leave the bad areas and move at will.