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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

I agree the treatment of veterans in this country is a travesty, Tulsi, and one of the things I always appreciated about you is that you put your life on the line in a way that few politicians do—and not just short-term, but long-term.

Most importantly, it was your firsthand experience of the horrors of war that made you pro-diplomacy and anti–regime-change wars and violence.

That is a courageous and ethical stance to take in the face of jingoism and the propagandists’ false equation of supporting war with supporting veterans.

I think you would appreciate this guest piece I published by a recently departed Vietnam vet on Veterans Day:

• “‘My War’: Missive from a Fallen Veteran” (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/my-war-missive-from-a-fallen-veteran)

This is the quote from that piece that punched me in the gut:

“We all fell off a Norman Rockwell calendar and into a bankers’ war. It never occurred to us that the government would lie to start a war.”

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Barbara Penaroza's avatar

Thank you, Tulsi🇺🇸💯The American government seems endlessly spending on foreign wars, lobbying with the media, medical assistance for trans people & killing babies, caring for immigrants flooding the border & personal paybacks for those currently in office‼️We thank the veterans & this is so sad.

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