Combat Veteran Slams Trump’s Appetite for War

I must say, as a three-time combat veteran, I get pretty damn hot when a five-time draft dodger bangs the war drums and talks about how easy it is to send boots on the ground in a foreign country. It's a pattern of abusing our military, disrespecting our military that continues to this day. I learned years ago that when elites bang the war drums and talk tough in Washington, D.C., they're not talking about them or their kids going to do the thing.

They're talking about kids like me, working-class folks from around this country where I grew up that have to pick up a gun, jump into a helicopter or a tank and a ship and go do the hard work. And that's why I bristle when elites once more in this town are so cavalier about the And that's why I bristle when elites once more in this town are so cavalier about the use of American lives and the use of American military power.