Trump's Border Stunt

NY Times: Trump’s Border Stunt Is a Profound Betrayal of Our Military - The president used America’s military not against any real threat but as toy soldiers, with the intent of manipulating a domestic midterm election. By Gordon Adams, Lawrence B. Wilkerson and Isaiah Wilson III

When partisan actions like this occur, they violate civil-military traditions and erode that faith, with potentially long-term damage to the morale of the force and our democratic practice — all for electoral gain.

The deployment is a stunt, a dangerous one, and in our view, a misuse of the military that should have led Mr. Mattis to consider resigning, instead of acceding to this blatant politicization of America’s military.