He'd been on permanent disability from neurological damage suffered in Iraq
You get: risk your life for a corrupt government.
I get: a put in jail free card if you ever do something I don't like.
The whole thread is interesting to read. Here are some examples of USG rhetoric (highlights are by Michael Tracey).
Leffingwell, a military veteran who once defended the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic, willfully betrayed his nation and became an enemy of the United States on January 6.
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Before Leffingwell made his way to the breach, that same entrance had been overrun by rioters who streamed through the Capiton, looting, vandalizing and otherwise terrorizing a temple of American democracy.
It's noteworthy that the USG argued for lesser sentencing of a man who burned someone alive in BLM riots, saying that "riots are the voice of the unheard". Now riots and looting are suddenly Very Bad.
I could mention the historical and civic illiteracy of equating a state, and a very corrupt one at that, with "the nation", which is obviously preposterous. The nation refers to the people, which is rather separate from the government that claims dominion over that people.
You get: risk your life for a corrupt government.
I get: a put in jail free card if you ever do something I don't like.
The whole thread is interesting to read. Here are some examples of USG rhetoric (highlights are by Michael Tracey).
It's noteworthy that the USG argued for lesser sentencing of a man who burned someone alive in BLM riots, saying that "riots are the voice of the unheard". Now riots and looting are suddenly Very Bad.
I could mention the historical and civic illiteracy of equating a state, and a very corrupt one at that, with "the nation", which is obviously preposterous. The nation refers to the people, which is rather separate from the government that claims dominion over that people.
And then the brass wonders why recruitment is down to a worrying degree.