This week the Pentagon moved F-35 stealth fighters, electronic warfare planes, and notably, rescue helicopters to Puerto Rico.
Air Force doctrine is explicit: personnel recovery forces should be in place before combat operations begin. The administration calls Venezuela a “narco-state.” So are several other countries in the hemisphere we’re not surrounding with warships. Venezuela has oil. They don’t.
In Los Angeles, the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that six months of National Guard troops on city streets is enough. The administration wanted to keep soldiers in America’s second-largest city indefinitely, but a court ordered them out by Monday.
Donald Trump promised to use the military against “the enemy from within.” That’s why a court had to order troops off American streets, and why others appear poised tonight to attack a smaller neighbor. Presidents don’t get to unilaterally declare war. Hit the phones. Make him stop.
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