'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America

Thousands of U.S. troops began military exercises with Bangkok's military on Monday, while a bloody, four-day artillery duel between Thailand and Cambodia flared on their border and a decades-long Muslim insurgency smoldered out of control in the south.
I wholeheartedly agree with Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican, on the point of his column "Let Marinesbe Marines" (Commentary, Wednesday), in which he challenges the wisdom of cutting the Marine Corps Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) from the national budget.