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Local news outlets quickly reported the dispute, with Portland and Chicago residents weighing concerns about safety, civil liberties, and the optics of armed troops patrolling their cities.

She’s trying to be gentle and is clearly concerned about the optics, but it makes it harder for you to understand what actually is happening.

But while doing their usual bit of shaping opinions under the guise of “optics,” most are avoiding a painful truth: Harris is right.

Even if the pact poses no immediate security threat to India, experts say it has not been good optics for Delhi diplomatically.

Jason Dempsey, a former Army officer now at the Center for a New American Security, told the Post that the optics of a politically-driven mission could damage recruitment.