What the National Guard Deployment to D.C. Tells Us

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What the National Guard Deployment to D.C. Tells Us
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By Bradley Bowman
February 03, 2021
What the National Guard Deployment to D.C. Tells Us
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, Pool)

The failure to protect the U.S. Capitol from an insurrectionist attack on January 6 is understandably dominating headlines. Leaders and investigators are right to ask how such a horrible breach of security happened—and what must be done to ensure it never happens again. There are also serious concerns about the role of veterans in the attack last month.

But as vital investigations and reforms proceed, Americans should not miss the other lessons on display. Foremost among them is the extraordinary role the U.S. National Guard played in securing the constitutional transfer of power and how properly positioned ground forces can provide powerful deterrence.

Most Americans appreciate that governors lean heavily on their Guard units to deal with both natural and man-made crises in their respective states. Many may also know the Department of Defense could not have completed its missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere over the last two decades without the National Guard's essential contributions.

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2021/02/03/what_the_national_guard_deployment_to_dc_tells_us_658983.html

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 "There are also serious concerns about the role of veterans in the attack last month."

Did they know mothers were also involved and should be rounded up and their backgrounds checked.  Did they know BLM/Antifa thugs led the charge and the charge had been planned for months?  Or maybe those two groups are considered the democrats' Shutzstaffel and the military should be ok with them?

And they just found out the Guard can be trusted?  As the governors of Minnesota, Oregon, Maryland/DC, NYC didn't do anything with them in riots in their areas, did they not know this, then?  Or did they just let it happen to spite Trump?

As Lurch Kerry would say, they could be trusted before they couldn't, and now they can be trusted again.