Posted June 6, 2019 4:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann

I’m a veteran. I did my time in uniform, though it was in peacetime. I served and was honorably discharged in 1996. On 9/11, I watched with horror as a war I knew damn good and well was going to come. I considered reenlistment. I had some medical issues I’d need to get straight first, but my country was at war, and I wanted to contribute.

My wife felt differently, and because it wasn’t a decision I could make for my family, I decided not to pursue it. I had a two-month-old son at the time, and making a unilateral decision wouldn’t have been fair to her.

Why do I bring this up? Well, I do it so that people understand that I’m sympathetic to our men and women in uniform. This is important since I’m going to say something that will probably outrage some.

The military is made up of a lot of good, decent, honorable people. It also has its fair share of degenerates, thugs, bullies, and other undesirables. The military screening process keeps out some of those, but plenty more get in. They either haven’t done anything or haven’t been caught doing it, so the military has no …Read the Rest

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