I love our troops and I support them come what may, even when the missions they’re given aren’t on the up and up. An all volunteer military, composed of people who voluntarily put their lives in the line, is a precious, priceless gift. They may go into battles, at the behest of TPTB, that are not noble in cause, but I pray for their protection and victory anyway. That’s the kind of support our military needs in order to continue to be the best in the world and, make no mistake, they are the absolute best and there’s no close second. The ones we need todeal withare TPTB that give the malevolent orders for missions that should never take place, but, once the mission is underway, may God protect our troops and give them the victory.
I don’t think he’s actually going to buy it. He actually rescued them, as they were withering and dying, with his rhetoric. I think he never had real intentions to buy the platform, nor do I buy his free speech rhetoric. I don’t think he actually has the $ to buy them. I believe it’s a facade.
Our families have a similar military pedigree. My dad was a helicopter gunner, 1st Cavalry in Vietnam’68-69. Basically he sat on the “passenger” side with an M-60. He has many incredible stories, and some funny ones too. He said he had dropped his M-60 on more than one occasion. They would have to fly back to camp/base and get another one out of a barn that was full of them.
I was in the Army in the mid-90’s but got discharged after only 9 months due to a family hardship (Chapter 6: hardship discharge).
My son was a USMC Reservist up until January when he was discharged early for refusing to get the COVID vaccine.