[Savage Beast]

I served in the Army for three years. Although I am proud of this service, I do not feel that my service is in any way equal to that of combat veterans and certainly not the men who fought in Europe and the Pacific to rid the world of naziism and fascism.

Mine was a comfortable position as a physician in Europe, twenty-five years or so after the end of World War II.

Whenever anyone thanks me for my service, I accept the acknowledgement graciously but feel the faint urge to differentiate between my service and that of combat veterans. In the case of my children and close friends, I do differentiate.

On the other hand, I regularly thank combat veterans--and especially veterans of World War II--for saving the world from its nightmare.

I feel the same desire to thank President Trump for saving America--so far--from a nightmare just as terrible or perhaps worse.

[wastoute]

I was an Army doc, too. I just say, “Thanks for paying for it.”

[Starboard]

I feel the same desire to thank President Trump for saving America—so far—from a nightmare just as terrible or perhaps worse.

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The fact that our fate as a nation seems to hinge on the force of one man’s personality and patriotism is very disconcerting. It says a lot about the present state of our country, and it isn’t good.

To your point, the uncomfortable reality is that Donald Trump is the only thing standing between us and tyranny.