Why set up a false dichotomy? No one in here is calling Col Higgins scum; nor is Michael New.
On the other hand, I think it is sad that Col Higgins is wearing the blue UN beret in this photo. I think he was far too fine a patriot to have had to submit to wearing that disgusting light blue emblem of an organization that has continually shown nothing but contempt for our national sovereignty and our Constitutional principles (chief among them the right to keep and bear arms).
What is it about the UN that you find so compelling? We have no business putting our armed forces under UN commanders, flags, or patches. Care to refute me from the Constitution?