Posted on Twitter:
A Message from the Minnesota National Guard
You may see military vehicles and Guardsmen in your neighborhood. The
has activated just over 3000 service members in support of Operation Safety Net this week.
posted April 14, 2021
MN National Guard Retweeted this message
in response to
Minnesota protest death of Daunte Wright
compared with troops in a 20 year war
Officially, there are 2,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, although the number fluctuates and is currently about 1,000 more than that.
Biden will withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021
These examples are just showing the numbers. I am not commenting on the content of either story referenced above. I am just looking at the numbers deployed.
What is the difference? Is there no difference between a war zone and a community?