I have no idea why any veteran supports Trump given his foul words about their service, and never mind this week’s photo op at Arlington.
Here’s a take from a former member of the Old Guard honoring those who serve there to do the hard job of honoring our fallen.
Category Archives: Military
Tim Walz, Who Spent Decades as an Enlisted Soldier, Brings Years of Work on Vets Issues to Dem Ticket
On a ticket featuring a draft dodger and a REMF, focusing on trying to villainize a 24 year long military career as a bad thing is a really stupid thing to do. But that’s the Republican party for ya.
Army Confirms Troy Nehls Is Ineligible for the Combat Badge He Proudly Wears
Cowards and liars, the whole lot of them. At least he pretended to serve, like Bush the Lesser.
25 Oldest Aircraft Still Used by the US Military
U.S. Army restores honor to Black soldiers hanged in Jim Crow-era South
Part of uncovering and addressing the sins of the past is to learn never to do it again. Which is what folks who don’t want to look at the darkness refuse to get.
In this case, the Army is trying.
The Zinn project has covered this…of course.
Michael Ware on the Things War Makes You See – The Daily Beast
Michael Ware always came off as more than a bit smug. That said, you kind of got the impression he earned the right to look like he had been laughing Death in the face.
That may be why watching him bare his soul a bit is all the more tragic.
Hopefully he – and everyone who has seen the things he has – find the help they need and the peace they are looking for.
The Banality of Urinating on Taliban Corpses – Robert Wright – International – The Atlantic
Some needed thoughts on the four moronic Marines who decided to violate some enemy corpses and put it online.
msnbc video: Last US troops leave Iraq
BBC News – Last US troops to leave Iraq cross Kuwait border
Final U.S. troops leave Iraq
Troops, thanks for all the hard work. And thanks to our elected leaders who finally put an end to this disastrous, wrong-headed war.
An NPR story on the exit.