The recent controversy regarding Donald Trump’s criticism of Liz Cheney as a warhawk who has never faced the dangers of the wars she embraces has synthesized an issue that may be opaque to non-veterans: the extreme resentment many veterans of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) feel toward Kamala Harris and the Democrat Party.
Harris and the Democrats have created a perfect storm of veteran disdain in that they have succeeded in uniting three once-inapposite groups behind Harris: the neocons who started the GWOT, the media and Democrats who undermined the veterans’ GWOT missions, and the generals who failed again and again and again at bringing the GWOT to a successful conclusion.
I am a US Marine Vietnam veteran. I firmly believe that the US needs to cease being the "Policeman of the World" and concentrate on making America healthy again.
ReplyDeletesorry. my dad taught me to hate the war hawks long before the GWOT.
ReplyDeletealthough he did fight in WW2. he also pointed out that FDR did everything he could to piss off the Japs before they hit pearl. that started me looking at what happen BEFORE the war started to figured out why. BTW. back in the days of old, if did a blockade on a country it was thought of as a "act of war" kind of like the bans they always pushing on somebody who doesn't do as they want them too. the USA has not been a "good guy" for a long time now. if you can find it. read "the arms of Krupp". that will show you just how bad the MIC really is. but there are a lot of books on it these days.
My dad was the same, a rifleman in the Army, he was a firm believer that Gen. Patton was held back by the president from doing his job so the war wouldn't end too soon. He was also adamant that Pearl Harbor shouldn't have happened but political will made sure to keep the information secret.
DeleteThe history books were written but not everything written is the truth
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With Trump as C-in-C, maybe recruiting will be great again. I'm 75, can't imagine letting my grandsons sign up with Kamala as C-in-C. A ton of generals have to go along with her.
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