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On Thanksgiving Eve, two West Virginia National Guard members were ambushed and critically wounded in downtown Washington, D.C., just blocks from the White House — a savage, targeted attack that shook every patriotic American to the bone. The scene at Farragut Square was chaotic, but brave Guardsmen and law enforcement quickly subdued the assailant and rushed the victims to hospitals, where doctors fought to save their lives.
The dishonorable instinct among many in the media to politicize this tragedy by blaming the presence of uniformed troops is both predictable and poisonous. Conservative analysts on Newsmax rightly pushed back: these Guardsmen were on patrol to protect civilians, and their training and presence stopped what could have been far worse if the shooter had targeted unprotected tourists or office workers.
As facts emerged, it became clear this was not the random street violence the left would prefer to portray but a calculated ambush by a suspect who entered the country from Afghanistan — a man later reported to have served with U.S.-backed forces there. That detail should force every American to confront the consequences of weak vetting and open-border policies that let dangerous individuals slip through the cracks.
Yet instead of standing united behind our troops, too many journalists and politicians reflexively blame the men and women who put themselves between danger and innocent civilians. Remember that this deployment has been controversial, with courts and city officials squabbling over authority; the legal fights over federalizing D.C. policing do not excuse the moral cowardice of blaming defenders for being defenders.
President Trump and other leaders called for reinforcements and an immediate review of immigration and vetting procedures — the right priorities for a nation that values safety and sovereignty. Americans deserve a federal government that backs its law enforcement and military personnel, secures our borders, and stops pretending that soft-on-security policies are harmless.
Hardworking patriots across the country should be furious that our defenders were left to face danger while their motives are twisted by a hostile elite looking for excuses to shrink our security. We must demand better vetting, firmer borders, and total support for the men and women in uniform who keep our streets safe; anything less is a betrayal of the people who volunteer to stand between freedom and chaos.
