Pro-millitary ≠ Pro-veteran
It should go without saying that supporting the military and respecting the humanity of those who fought, got injured, and died in America’s wars (even if they were unjust) are entirely different things. Only a monster supports the first unquestioningly, and only a monster doesn’t support the second.
Imagine if Obama had done/said any of the things Trump has done and said - the entire Republican party would have spontaneously combusted with rage. (Hell, think about all the things Obama didn’t say, that were put in his mouth by Republicans desperate to be outraged.) Yet they are, at best furiously trying to ignore Trump’s statements, at worst suddenly approving of them. It’s almost as if there’s a double standard at play… or perhaps more accurately, no standard at all (besides whiteness).
I think part of it is that they’re pro-military in the same way they’re pro-police - if it’s advancement of white supremacy, only. There’s also a theme among the right of being pro-military only to the extent that they’re “pro-winning.” They like the military in the abstract. It’s a sports team to be rooted for, imposing America’s might on other countries to show our superiority, which falls apart if they don’t unambiguously “win.”
It was quite a tell that he couldn’t refer to the military without calling them “my military.” It was clearly not just some quirk of speech - he actually thought of them that way, as personally belonging to him.
On a related note…
any particular reason this story is being re-hashed? it didn’t cause much outrage last time.
Hmmm. Those that forget history are doomed to…hmmm. I forget.
… wait, are we retroactively gung ho for WWI now?
When the Trump Hotel was being built in NY, he went to check on the progress. He got into an elevator and asked about the dots next to the buttons…“Thats braille, for blind people” they told him.
“Get rid of it” he said, “we’re not running a charity here”
I don’t have to imagine; they lost their shit when Obama went & played golf once in a while.
But that’s the thing - this is another case of Obama not remotely doing what Trump did, and getting attacked for it. (Before he was president, Trump himself attacked Obama for golfing. Another case of Trump furiously projecting what he would do.)
Most presidents golf, and Obama spent less time than GW Bush (and made sure to golf in places like military bases to reduce secret service costs), and got attacked for it more - he certainly wasn’t going to get away with pulling a Trump.
And brought the refs.
Gen. Milley just had a book published that offers details about the incident.
A man so cowardly and narcissistic that the very idea of selfless heroism and personal sacrifice fills him with revulsion. Trump is a real life version of a nasty goblin from a children’s storybook.
Many do not
Maybe cleaning up in the prison hospital?
I don’t quite understand your point. Sounds like you’re saying that if it doesn’t stir up outrage then it’s not worth recording that it happened?
If so, I disagree.
If I’m misunderstanding, could you clarify?
oooh!
that is downright karmic in its appropriateness!
Thank you. My comment was referring to many who bought into his MAGA lies. Some aware but a lot of them doesn’t know/care about his draft dodging. To add insult to injuries, he was comparing his literal fucking around in the AIDS epidemic as his “personal Vietnam” and demanding Congressional Medal of Honor for his “active service” on an interview with Howard Stern in 1998. In one post by @theophrastus here, he was referring to dead service personnel as losers. Looking at the way he treat the troop as his personal props and hired mercenaries, the way he expects them to take his side in 1/6 and make him the dictator, the way he treats them with disdain when they’re no longer of use to him (dead/disabled)… many things that would end a politician career and not a small part of them, active service members and veterans alike, even some fought in WW2, still support him. It was luck by last time that the leadership in the army wasn’t compromised and many in the rank and file were against his dictator wannabe took over. So yes, I agree that the army uphold their oath and constitutional duty to protect the nation by not taking Cheetolini’s side.
“Never let Avila appear in public again.”
(Recently, Milley invited Avila to sing at his retirement ceremony.)
Since Trump’s “order”, Cap. Avila has competed in and won awards at Army and DoD events; has received service awards; and has sung at many public events… all deserved and doubling as a “fuck you” to Trump… courtesy of the military.
This ought to work.
There will probably need to be more than one of these ‘headstones’, in order to handle all those wanting to pay their respects…
ETA:
I call dibs on a nearby beer & burrito stand.
Nah, just a large enough crypt underneath in order to accomodate all that respect.
Perhaps the methane could be vented off to provide power, & the respect converted into fertilizer… or maybe compacted into bricks for his presidential library.
Someone should follow the example of Korea here (dictator, tried, sentenced for his murders, imprisoned yet later pardoned) and make a statue he surely wants, but doesn’t expect, as soon as he’s sentenced.
It’s portable enough to make appearances at important protests, and protestors are encouraged do do whatever they wish to it. Passerby at least take their slippers off to give him a whack as they march.
The bars are part of the statue, but made low enough for his head to be easy access.
Oh, and the note says, “sorry you won’t be going golfing again!” (this because after his pardon he was tried again for defamation, letting many to hope he’d return to prison)
