My Navy Vet cousin says the same stuff. It’s like a brain disease. Maybe it’s a brain worm, and they’ve all got it. What amazes me is that, unlike Michael Wood, my cousin never saw combat, and was never deployed anywhere more dangerous than Hawaii. Wood, otoh, served two tours in Afghanistan and has two Purple Hearts to show for it. Yet …
My Navy Vet cousin says the same stuff. It’s like a brain disease. Maybe it’s a brain worm, and they’ve all got it. What amazes me is that, unlike Michael Wood, my cousin never saw combat, and was never deployed anywhere more dangerous than Hawaii. Wood, otoh, served two tours in Afghanistan and has two Purple Hearts to show for it. Yet Wood sees the truth more clearly than my cousin does. I just can’t comprehend the disconnect.
Come to think of it, JD Vance never saw combat either, although he did go to Iraq, but he just wrote press releases in an office building. Yet he comes back all bitter and hateful, while Wood wants to make the world a better place. Strange times indeed.
"...JD Vance never saw combat either, although he did go to Iraq, but he just wrote press releases in an office building. Yet he comes back all bitter and hateful, while Wood wants to make the world a better place"*
I cannot say anything to make the distinction clearer about the types of people that might face off against each other in the upcoming four years than what you said here Ann.
*Michal tried to downplay the severity of the wounds he received but you could see the emotions coursing through him as he talked about that and the wounds/deaths his Marines endured.
My Navy Vet cousin says the same stuff. It’s like a brain disease. Maybe it’s a brain worm, and they’ve all got it. What amazes me is that, unlike Michael Wood, my cousin never saw combat, and was never deployed anywhere more dangerous than Hawaii. Wood, otoh, served two tours in Afghanistan and has two Purple Hearts to show for it. Yet Wood sees the truth more clearly than my cousin does. I just can’t comprehend the disconnect.
Come to think of it, JD Vance never saw combat either, although he did go to Iraq, but he just wrote press releases in an office building. Yet he comes back all bitter and hateful, while Wood wants to make the world a better place. Strange times indeed.
"...JD Vance never saw combat either, although he did go to Iraq, but he just wrote press releases in an office building. Yet he comes back all bitter and hateful, while Wood wants to make the world a better place"*
I cannot say anything to make the distinction clearer about the types of people that might face off against each other in the upcoming four years than what you said here Ann.
*Michal tried to downplay the severity of the wounds he received but you could see the emotions coursing through him as he talked about that and the wounds/deaths his Marines endured.