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Internal documents from the National Guard shared with the Washington Post show that Trump's federal takeover of D.C. is “leveraging fear” among D.C. residents, driving a “wedge between citizens and the military,” and causing “shame and alarm” among the troops.

The National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., has assessed that its mission is perceived as “leveraging fear,” driving a “wedge between citizens and the military,” and promoting a sense of “shame” among some troops and veterans, according to internal documents reviewed by The Washington Post.

The assessments, which have not been previously reported, underscore how domestic mobilizations that are rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ confidence in the men and women who serve their communities in times of crisis. The documents reveal, too, with a rare candor in some cases, that military officials have been kept apprised that their mission is viewed by a segment of society as wasteful, counterproductive and a threat to long-standing precedent stipulating that U.S. soldiers — with rare exception — are to be kept out of domestic law enforcement matters.

According to their own assessment, there is ongoing criticism of the mission as “federal overreach and politically motivated.”

Well, duh.

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Internal documents from the National Guard shared with the Washington Post

Ya, I’m sure they were. 🙄

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Hopefully going forward, this nonsense chain of command shit stops.

SO when you are confronted by Putin, or someone similar one day.....

Your troops can be allowed to listen to orders, discuss amongst themselves how they feel about the mission and said orders, maybe Tweet their commanders their opinions, perhaps meet for some organic kale salad and discuss the orders too.

Chain of command.

Civilian control of military.

(2) things I'd love to see pierced. I'd settle for just one it would be grand.

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