I think they should start a one-time “service suspension”, providing near-paperless military re-entry after a (criminal) Presidency ends.
Now apparently sometimes the electorate loses it’s mind and a really hardened criminal is elected, and I think we have to adapt to that.
The only possibility is that the problems at the VA are intentional and have been done on Obama’s orders as none of these problems exited before he took office.
this brings to mind a question we used to never worry about the answer to: “will US troops fire on American citizens?”
I suggest that the feeling is mutual.
No. It is simply a symptom of a malignantly narcissistic Washington DC establishment, under a malingering grifter named Soetoro.
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Politicians discourage people from serving. For me the breaking point was Pres Carter granting amnesty for draft dodgers. There were many parents who had kids that did not believe in the war, but resisted encouraging their kids to go overseas. Some of those kids never came back from Nam. Imagine how they felt when Pres Carter granted amnesty to draft dodgers and their own kid who could have ran came home in a body bag.
When I was about to recover my faith then GWB implements Rules of Engagement in Afghanistan and second war in Iraq. Shoot three seconds too early and you could be charged for manslaughter, shoot three seconds too late and you or one of your buddies risk getting killed. Oh by the way, you 2 seconds to make the life altering decision. IAW ALL politicians to one degree or another play CYA with our soldiers lives on the gambling table of politics. That is the nature of American democracy and politics since Vietnam. Not worth risking my kids life over.
The only time kids should join the military is when the enemy attacks or invades our homeland. Unlike overseas wars and adventures, when the homes and local assets of the rich politicians and elites are at stake, they are willing to empower our middle class soldiers all the means to fight and win. Otherwise it is all a BS game.
Of course
This is a pretty good way to maybe flush out someone that might pull a valkyrie.
zero doesn't want to be the one that calls martial law ... it would be better if it was a national security thing ... like an attempted assassination .... and even better if it's a military, ex or retired military.