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We should never forget the terrible position the Busheviks put our military and their families in when they waged an unnecessary and extremely misguided war. Once you have fought in that war and have lost friends and comrades and you are taught to hate an enemy that is out to kill you, it is not easy to be objective about the war and the leaders who sent you into war. To have to recognize, and I should note I have never served in combat, that your terrible sacrifices should never have been offered and you are in a quagmire that is very difficult to get out of without more death and sacrifice, the personal agony is impossible to imagine for those of us who have never been in that situation. That is left to those like GC who has shared with us so eloquently today and other days his agony, to try to explain it to us. Unfortunately, we have far too many people in our government and M$M who not only don’t understand, they refuse to listen.
That is why I view with disgust, retired military senior leaders who put their personal goals and desires above their fellow comrades who made the ultimate sacrifice and participate in a propaganda campaign that only prolongs the agony and supports an out of control military-industrial-congressional complex and Serious experts who have no compassion for what they create and perpetuate. They are not putting their country and constitution first as they swore to do. Anyone who wants to excuse or minimize their betrayal, isn’t either.
