President Trump has ordered 5,200 U.S. troops to the southern border and says he may send as many as 15,000. The troops’ mission appears to be to block two caravans of between 3,600 and 7,000 Central Americans, most of whom are fleeing violence and poverty, from entering the country. Second, even if any of the migrants prove to be dangerous or cross the border illegally, it does not follow that this is a job for the U.S. military. Given the country’s increasing divisions over immigration policy, Trump is endangering the trust and respect the U.S. military enjoys. Absent such an accounting, the inescapable conclusion will be that the military deployment to the border is a shameless, and dangerous, stunt.

Source: Washington Post November 02, 2018 22:58 UTC