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This week’s ambush near the White House that left a brave National Guard member dead and another fighting for their life is a gut-punch to every American who believes in law and order. Two West Virginia Guardsmen were shot while on duty in downtown Washington, D.C., and the suspect was quickly identified and taken into custody after an exchange of gunfire. This was not random crime; it was a targeted attack on our uniformed soldiers serving the public.
Authorities say the suspect is Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who entered the United States through the post‑2021 evacuation resettlement process and had ties to a CIA‑backed unit in Afghanistan before coming here. Reports indicate he lived with his family in Washington state and that his resettlement and asylum path has reignited tough questions about how these programs were run. Americans have a right to know how someone with that background ended up on our streets and whether bureaucratic shortcuts or political priorities put soldiers in harm’s way.
Conservative leaders weren’t being alarmist when they warned in 2021 that the chaotic withdrawal and mass resettlement would produce security gaps if vetting was rushed or fragmented. From the earliest days of Operation Allies Welcome critics pointed out real vetting and information‑sharing problems that DHS inspectors later flagged, and those concerns are now tragically relevant to a shooting that happened two blocks from the people’s house. This is a painful vindication of those warnings and a call to fix a broken system that puts Americans at risk.
On Newsmax, host Bob Brooks and guests rightly ripped into the reckless rhetoric and bureaucratic fecklessness that have become routine in elite circles, calling out media attempts to shift blame onto the victims and our troops. DOJ officials and conservative commentators pushed back hard against any narrative that excuses or explains away an ambush on uniformed service members by blaming the very presence of troops in our capital. The argument that policies and words from the left have consequences is not a partisan talking point — it is a demand for responsibility and common sense.
Now is not the time for hollow sympathy from those who enabled the policies that created the risk; it is the time for immediate, concrete action — a full review of the resettlement and vetting processes, accountability for whoever failed to properly screen potential threats, and a restoration of rigorous, interagency intelligence checks. We must also secure our borders, enforce merit‑based immigration, and stop outsourcing our national security to political convenience. Hardworking Americans and our men and women in uniform deserve a government that protects them first.
To the family of the fallen and to every Guard member standing watch, the country owes you more than words. We owe you policy that prevents this from happening again and leadership that puts national security above woke optics and political coverups. Any politician who shrugs this off or plays the blame game has already failed the people who put their lives on the line for our safety.
