Sending The Guard overseas has always been questionable for me.
Then if the citizens of a particular state didn't want their boys to die in a pointless war (e.g. Iraq, Afghanistan), then they could refuse to release them to the US military.
Unfortunately, state budgets are so bad that they need the Feds to finance the National Guard rather than states funding real militias.
We are no longer a Republic if the states are so financially beholden to the Feds.
That’s part of the job. You’re told that up front.
But they aren’t leaving because of overseas deployments. They’re leaving because they can. Because they no longer want to be part of the system that is destroying this country.
Because they don’t want to be activated to remove a handful of Venezuelan illegals on Martha’s Vineyard.
Because they don’t want to be activated to deal with ANTIFA/BLM when they know that the reason for the aforementioned is Liberal Politicians sowing the seeds of violence and discontent to further their agenda.
Because they don’t want to sit outside the Capitol to protect politicians that could not give a EFF about them and let them live in parking garages, away from their families, while those same politicians are sipping martini’s, eating caviar and taking envelopes full of cash from whoever and getting rich, insider trading.
Because they’re tired of being sent to the border and not being allowed to defend this country since their Commander in Chief has allowed the border to be open.