And now an unqualified Fox News host is Sec of Defense. He will probably do whatever the Felon-in-Chief says. It’s a dark day in America. My father fought in WWII, a proud Marine. He would not be proud of America right now.
And now an unqualified Fox News host is Sec of Defense. He will probably do whatever the Felon-in-Chief says. It’s a dark day in America. My father fought in WWII, a proud Marine. He would not be proud of America right now.
My father, a physician, led an Army field hospital, which was evacuating wounded from the battle in Liége a few miles from the rapidly changing front. It was set up in a high school and was well marked with a Red Cross. On Christmas Day when the gym was full of wounded waiting for transport he step away to shave at his quarters a few blocks away and it was shelled by German artillery. A direct hit on the gym killed all the wounded and most of the doctors and nurses and corpsmen. His medical unit was too shattered to rebuild and he spent the rest of the war attached to other units.
Thank you Heather for anchoring today’s letter in that moment of courage and sacrifice in our nation’s defense of democracy. We will need to rediscover every bit of that courage to fight this home grown threat to democracy.
I am so glad my father did not live to see this moment of infamy. It would break his heart as it does mine.
My father also fought in WWII -- a pilot in the Army Air Corp. He was a life-long Republican and would be horrified at what has happened to the party and his country.
I have some idea of what we lost in that war, but still don't grasp what we hoped to gain. I understand why we had to fight Hitler, but Vietnam never seemed like our fight. Along with the persistent curse of racism, that war seemed to crack the sense of unity we had experienced that resulted in the defeat of the Axis, shared prosperity, and far more optimism that one finds today. The cost was immense.
The arms industry and our military needed a war to develop the weapons, tactics and strategies of war. When LBJ made it clear that he supported an invasion of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis which the Kennedy administration resolved with negotiation, the assassination of JFK facilitated the military coup that facilitated government of our Republic supporting our military empire instead of the other way around which got our military so massively into Vietnam. We still live in that empire but I’m just a maintenance guy.
As Alec Ferguson has suggested, the Vietnam conflict wasn't about gaining anything. It was the first exercise in appeasing what Dwight Eisenhower had just warned of: the Military-Industrial Complex.
The two primary "chromosomes" in the United States' DNA are military aggression and capitalism. One supports the other. When the U.S. economy has faltered, our presidents have given us wars.
Jodi, the main reason why this totally unqualified moron was nominated for the job is precisely that he'll carry on anything, anything felon 34 will order.
Such a risky situation, but what do we have to lose????? Definitely this is the opposite of the America your father risked his live for.
Yes, one of the MOC said it would be a good thing because he’s a good communicator. Do these people really not know that all his remarks were researched and scripted for him? Will he have a team to do that for him here? He certainly won’t make as much money so who will pay him his rubles?
And now an unqualified Fox News host is Sec of Defense. He will probably do whatever the Felon-in-Chief says. It’s a dark day in America. My father fought in WWII, a proud Marine. He would not be proud of America right now.
My father, a physician, led an Army field hospital, which was evacuating wounded from the battle in Liége a few miles from the rapidly changing front. It was set up in a high school and was well marked with a Red Cross. On Christmas Day when the gym was full of wounded waiting for transport he step away to shave at his quarters a few blocks away and it was shelled by German artillery. A direct hit on the gym killed all the wounded and most of the doctors and nurses and corpsmen. His medical unit was too shattered to rebuild and he spent the rest of the war attached to other units.
Thank you Heather for anchoring today’s letter in that moment of courage and sacrifice in our nation’s defense of democracy. We will need to rediscover every bit of that courage to fight this home grown threat to democracy.
I am so glad my father did not live to see this moment of infamy. It would break his heart as it does mine.
My father also fought in WWII -- a pilot in the Army Air Corp. He was a life-long Republican and would be horrified at what has happened to the party and his country.
On the other hand, Robert McNamarra took our military into Vietnam after the Tonkin Gulf Resolution passed.
I have some idea of what we lost in that war, but still don't grasp what we hoped to gain. I understand why we had to fight Hitler, but Vietnam never seemed like our fight. Along with the persistent curse of racism, that war seemed to crack the sense of unity we had experienced that resulted in the defeat of the Axis, shared prosperity, and far more optimism that one finds today. The cost was immense.
The arms industry and our military needed a war to develop the weapons, tactics and strategies of war. When LBJ made it clear that he supported an invasion of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis which the Kennedy administration resolved with negotiation, the assassination of JFK facilitated the military coup that facilitated government of our Republic supporting our military empire instead of the other way around which got our military so massively into Vietnam. We still live in that empire but I’m just a maintenance guy.
As Alec Ferguson has suggested, the Vietnam conflict wasn't about gaining anything. It was the first exercise in appeasing what Dwight Eisenhower had just warned of: the Military-Industrial Complex.
The two primary "chromosomes" in the United States' DNA are military aggression and capitalism. One supports the other. When the U.S. economy has faltered, our presidents have given us wars.
Jodi, this is not America anymore.
Jodi, “May God Protect our Troops” must now be our daily prayer. To be added to President Biden’s prayer; May God protect our country.
Jodi, the main reason why this totally unqualified moron was nominated for the job is precisely that he'll carry on anything, anything felon 34 will order.
Such a risky situation, but what do we have to lose????? Definitely this is the opposite of the America your father risked his live for.
sadly the dead are all rolling in their graves.
Yes, one of the MOC said it would be a good thing because he’s a good communicator. Do these people really not know that all his remarks were researched and scripted for him? Will he have a team to do that for him here? He certainly won’t make as much money so who will pay him his rubles?