Marines: Obey Your Oath, Disobey Trump
Representative Jake Auchincloss criticizes the President’s deployment of 700 Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines to Los Angeles as both unnecessary and illegal, violating posse comitatus. This action forces Marines trained for combat against foreign enemies to undertake ill-suited urban policing, requiring them to abandon years of training for inadequate preparation. The deployment demoralizes the troops and places young officers in an untenable position, forcing them to choose between obeying an unlawful order and their constitutional oath. The situation is further compounded by the availability of better-suited law enforcement resources to handle the situation.
John Q. Hosedrinker