Tulsi Gabbard, former congresswoman, Lt Col Army Reserve, twice deployed. Because she opposed aid to Ukraine, Hillary Clinton called her “groomed by Putin,” an insult both ridiculous and vaguely sexual, while Mitt Romney went further and accused her of “treason.” It is disgusting that those without military service could defame her so falsely.
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• Yes, makin’ mock o’ uniforms that guard you while you sleep. – Rudyard Kipling, “Tommy”
• The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of early wars were treated and appreciated by our nation. – George Washington
• The true soldier fights not because he hates what’s in front of him, but because he loves what’s behind him. ‒ G. K. Chesterton
• The sheep pretend the wolf will never come, but the sheepdog lives for that day. ‒ Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, soldier, psychologist
• He jests at scars that never felt a wound. − William Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet”
• To have really lived, you must have almost died. To those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know. – Scrawled on a bunker outside Khe Sanh, Republic of Vietnam
• Courage is fire; bullying is smoke. ‒ Benjamin Disraeli`
• If you’re lookin’ for trouble, just look right in my face. ‒ Elvis Presley, “Trouble,” King Creole
