Members of our armed services have recently had their deployments extended, some for the second time or third time, while additional units have been activated. The increase in the U.S. troop count is part of an effort to provide the security for these important elections. Yet the administration thought it was in its best interest to influence the elections in Iraq and then have the cajones to send a message to Putin to keep his influence out of the Ukraine?

If we're using our most important military assets, shouldn't it be for an equally important cause?