I am going to go back after I post and read the story, but these opening words were astonishing enough. It is pretty clear someone like Mark Kelly is an anti-American turd regardless of any military service he had, but that statement...
Lethality, warrior ethos, and killing people is the fundamental mission of the military. It is a given that we hope and expect that individual soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen will reflect what is best about America in their professional and personal interactions both at home and abroad, and that has largely been true in my experience.
And I am proud that when there is a natural disaster such as a tsunami, hurricane, or earthquake, we can often have Naval assets on the scene to assist.
My own father was the XO on the USS Bristol (DD-857) in 1961 when Hurricane Hattie demolished Belize, and the Bristol was the first contact with the outside world that they had when she arrived and sent a launch ashore with my dad...all their contact with the rest of the world had been wiped out. (I have my father's military records, and a copy of the official report he wrote on the event)
And that kind of thing with our military is wonderful.
But in the end, we want them to be lethal and efficient in destroying our enemies, and that cannot be done without a "warrior ethos". This only reinforces my impression of the execrable Kelly as an ideologic cement-head.
Now, I will go read the linked article!
Mark Kelly runs around shooting his mouth off most of the time. Why?
Not so unusual for a military service member, even a successful one, to be on the opponent’s team. Never forget the arrogant West Point graduate who posted a communist meme in his cover for all the world to see. Kelly may be what that guy might have looked like after a long career.