Americans who tuned into the news saw two tragedies unfold on their screens this Thanksgiving. In Washington DC, two National Guard personnel were shot, one of them fatally, and the suspected attacker, an Afghan immigrant, arrested. Half a world away in Hong Kong, a fire at a high-rise apartment complex killed dozens of people and left many missing.

The National Guard ⬆

For much of the past year, National Guard units have been pawns on a chessboard, taunted by protesters. dismissed by Democrats, hamstrung by judges and co-opted by Trump. Coverage of the shooting changed that. Briefly the American media, on left and right, reflected on the courage, youthful promise and dutiful service of West Virginians Sarah Beckstrom, who died, and Andrew Wolfe, who is fighting for his life in hospita

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