7 days ago
Deploying the military for homelessness is a shameful overreach
If I visit a foreign capital and see homeless people on the street, it's never a pretty sight. But if I see military personnel on the street, I start to worry, because the homeless can't arrest me at gunpoint, but the military can.
A military response in Washington, D.C., to what is a social problem is heavy-handed and just plain wrong. It smacks of King George's approach back in the late 1700s when he tried to show the colonies, "might makes right."
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It's not like Washington, D.C., is the only place in the U.S. that has a homeless problem. Most major metro areas are in the same boat, including Cincinnati. Does deploying soldiers help in any way to make things better? And we're hearing the usual trash talk instead of learning that the current administration is having serious discussions with the Washington metro government to address this issue.
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On the other hand, it's probably just another distraction du jour in the hopes that people will eventually quit questioning Trump's past bromance with Jeffrey Epstein.
Robert Sharkey, West Chester Township
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: A military response to homelessness is an admission of failure |Letter
