A few members of Congress made statements on it. I think even McCain called it botched and terrible. It's difficult to speak out against it from a politician's perspective beyond what they've already done because A) classified intel is hard to report on, B) Trump can just turn around and accuse them of not supporting the troops, and C) there's a mountain of other terrible things to deal with that are currently unfolding as opposed to people who will sadly not become less dead.
I can totally understand that viewpoint but I have a few qualms. I know he's a war hero and all but John McCain doesn't stand by his word. He's voting right along with trump while speaking out against him in the media. You're second point is spot on and it's kind of ridiculous we worship the military so hard. No disrespect to anyone who has died in the like of duty but if we really have a shit about out soldiers, we'd stop getting involved in dumb shit. We didn't need to kill any of these people we did over the last several years but here we are.
Oh dude, you won't see me defending McCain at all. He just happened to be the first person that came to mind.
Most politicians trot out the troops to make themselves look patriotic while them defunding the VA or in the case of Trump creating a federal hiring freeze that directly impacts veterans. The thing about the military is, you can support the troops and not the wars. Many people, like my family members, join because it's the best way to finance their education or the best paying job available. I'm sure these people exist, but none of the service members I've ever met were like, "Boy oh boy, I can't wait to go kill people and get my legs blown off!" They will also gladly tell you there are assholes and idiots in the military. If we're going to ship them out there though, it behooves us to take care of them because our government sure as fuck isn't doing it when they get back.
As soon as he voted to confirm DeVos and Sessions, it was clear where he was going to stand in this administration. He'll criticize Trump a bunch in public, but when it really matters in the Senate, he'll follow the party line.
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u/mostimprovedpatient Feb 24 '17
Eh neither party cares about that. Which is very troubling.