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National Guard troops say Trump’s ‘fake mission’ caused ‘enduring moral injuries’
These troops were taken away from areas watching wildfires/in place to protect the public from dangers on the whim of trump hoping for a show of strength on-camera... financially a disastrous waste and a sclerotic misuse of resources since only a fraction of their numbers were actually used:
"Six members of the Guard — including infantrymen, officers and two officials in leadership roles — spoke of low morale and deep concern that the deployment may hurt recruitment for the state-based military force for years to come,
Many of the members "said they had raised objections themselves or knew someone who objected, either because they did not want to be involved in immigration crackdowns or felt the Trump administration had put them on the streets for what they described as a 'fake mission,'" the report continued.
“The moral injuries of this operation, I think, will be enduring. This is not what the military of our country was designed to do, at all,” one member of the Guard told The Times.
These troops were taken away from areas watching wildfires/in place to protect the public from dangers on the whim of trump hoping for a show of strength on-camera... financially a disastrous waste and a sclerotic misuse of resources since only a fraction of their numbers were actually used:
"Mostly, they said, they lounged in warehouse-sized tents, listening to music and playing games on their cell phones. Only about 400 of the 3,882 deployed Guard members had actually been sent on assignments away from the base, Guard figures showed."




