[ConjunctionJunction]

The article mentions washing clothes in hotel sinks, so I assume that her husband is staying in a hotel now.

But her point is that she doesn’t understand why her husband and other members of the National Guard are still there.

[A Navy Vet]

Missed that. So good, as long as they’re off the freezing underground parking lot.

[larrytown]

But her point is that she doesn’t understand why her husband and other members of the National Guard are still there.

Because, like so many US military members past and present, they are pawns used by politicians that see them as no more than uniformed objects on their chessboards.

If a soldier understands this and still wishes to do his duty - salute to them. Unless they consider gunning down their fellow citizens their duty.

For those that don't wish to be a pawn or tool of an ever-increasingly corrupt government - don't reenlist.