Dangerous precedents
Trump's recklessness could lead to a civil war (after the clown show turns ugly)
A loud-mouthed, lying bully is protecting and shielding a war criminal. In addition to being many things, this behavior is reckless and sets a terrible precedent. As a veteran, I have an obligation to speak out. President Trump is playing with fire that he doesn’t understand. This will end poorly.
War is horrible and takes a huge toll on the men and women who volunteer to go. Eddie Gallagher may have, at different moments, served as a hero and a villain. We all do. That is part of the human experience. What is not up for debate is that Gallagher posed with a corpse. Perhaps that is not the worst thing a warrior can do. Maybe it isn’t even inappropriate. That isn’t the core issue here. Gallagher was Trump’s recklessness is the core issue and he shows us, the citizens he is purportedly supposed to be looking out for, over and over that he is a fool.
My job isn’t second-guessing what happened in the moments leading up to Eddie Gallagher posing with a dead body. My job is second-guessing t…
