I feel safe in venturing that the spokesman has never served in the military. When I enlisted to become a tanker back during the last days of the draft I knew that it could cost me my life. General Kelly spoke the truth that all of us knew. And it is also why, after becoming a historian for the Army, I volunteered to help train the Military History Detachments that were deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan. I wanted to know who was going in harms way and collecting soldier interviews and copies of unit documents and sending them back to me for preservation as part of the Army’s history and also so that they would know that a fellow, though now retired, solder would make sure their efforts were documented and preserved for posterity.
Kelly is a Gold Star Parent himself. And Democrats have no problem criticizing him. But remember when criticizing Khizr Kahn, the Gold Star Parent who spoke at the DNC convention, was deemed a sacrilege by every mainstream media outlet and commentator? OH I FORGOT Democrats have rules for themselves which don’t apply to everyone else.
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