Questioning Walz's Military Service is Just Plain Stupid

[TygrBright]

22. When you enlist...

...to serve, when you sign on the dotted line the recruiter points to, when you stand and raise your hand and take that oath, you are essentially saying, "I am handing control of whether I live or die to others, because we all share the goal of keeping Americans safe."

Every woman or man who makes that choice has my respect, regardless of what happens after. Unless they do the stupid, of course - and that's not my call. But the "dishonorable discharge" contingent are less than 1/10 of 1%. Even the "bad conduct" discharges are less than 1/2 of 1%.

So staking everyone who made that choice to my respect feels right to me.

Even Shady Vance gets that stake. I despise him for all kinds of other reasons, but not the fact that his service didn't involve a lot of dramatic shooting and getting shot at.

certainly,
Bright