This young Combat Vet has seen the elephant...
This alone gives him the right to say whatever the hell comes out of his mouth in my book.
He should, however, stay away from the communist press corps! They will end up twisting his words (as in this article) to make him look like a Hitlery/hussein er Obama supporter!
You are correct in that he has earned his opinion.
However, at 21 he probably doesn’t view the press the same way a lot of freepers do. To me it looks like he had an informal conversation with a reporter that got published.
LOL...omg...back in my lurking days!