What National Guardsmen in the nation’s capital need to hear

As I walked around the National Mall last weekend, the troops of the D.C. National Guard stood out, boredom and physical discomfort in 90-degree temperatures visible on their faces. Called out for a “crime emergency” yet deployed to one of the safest places in Washington, D.C., the soldiers could not help but think their orders a waste of time.No argument to the contrary has been offered by senior military leaders, who have maintained a deafening silence about the extraordinary missi