The Republican candidate gets absent with saying absolute nonsense approximately the military and the nature of war because most Americans don’t know any betterThere aren’t many sacred cows left in American politics,but honorable military service has remained among them. In an era of the all-volunteer force and Thank Yous For Your Service and the post-9/11 terrorism wars, going after someone’s military record is usually left to sunless Rove-ian whisper campaigns and the bowels of the internet commentariat.
Except if you’re Donald Trump. He has no use for those (or any) subtleties, and something our republic is finding perversely intoxicating as it watches his rush for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Source: theguardian.com