Soldiers are 100% fungible. Nobody is irreplaceable.
If you get Walz to admit he retired when he did to avoid combat, that’s one thing. But speculating why he might have chosen that moment to retire is nothing but an “ad hominem” attack. YOU’RE CLUTCHING AT STRAWS.
Go after him for “stolen valor” because he claimed to hold a rank he never achieved, or because he claimed to have combat experience, that’s one thing. But beyond that, the upshot is that he was Honorably Discharged, and your petty nitpicking won’t change that.
And if you go after him for shirking combat duty, I GUARANTEE the demoncrats are going after Trump for DRAFT DODGING.
Because Trump was 17 years on in 1963, just when Vietnam was kicking off, and NEVER SERVED A DAY IN HIS LIFE.
I’m not defending Walz, I’m telling you it’s A STUPID MOVE and you’re going to get your hat handed to you when the voting public is asked to consider the relative merits of a man who served honorably and retired a Master Sergeant against someone who managed to avoid military service (much less how he managed to avoid it) over the entire course of America’s longest war.
Said he knew better than a less-experienced soldier would.
They have already tried that with Trump. And his ass wasn’t handed to him. The difference is Walz tried to beef up his military record with it to the point of lying...and that is stolen Valor.
” I GUARANTEE the demoncrats are going after Trump for DRAFT DODGING.”
Where have you been? They’ve been spreading that lie for years now. “Bone Spurs”
Everything about Walz needs to be understand in full context.
He lies—a lot. He hates the “little guy”.
He is a bad leader who does not care about people he leads—whether the soldiers who served under him or the citizens who got burned out in Minneapolis or the businesses who had to close because of his fanatical Covid restrictions.
“you’re going to get your hat handed to you when the voting public is asked to consider the relative merits of a man...”
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Based on the slimy politicians that we elect (and re-elect) I think you’re overstating the public’s capacity for evaluating candidates and voting on any basis of merit. We tend to vote based on other unrelated reasons. Just sayin’.