For the war mongering Trumpkins

Those of you that have supported Trump's plans to expand our military involvement across the ME and in Asia should read the article in the WSJ linked below.

I was hopeful Trump would keep his campaign promises to get us out of some wars but he has not.

Brothers in Arms: The Tragedy in Small-Town America

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Mike Goski stared into the steel casket at his twin brother’s body, dressed for eternity in a deep-blue Marine Corps jacket with red piping and brass buttons. It was like looking into a cruel mirror, Chris’s face, so like his own, distorted by a wound the mortician couldn’t conceal.

Alone together for the last time, Mike slipped a knife into his brother’s hand, a weapon for Valhalla, the mythical refuge for fallen warriors.

Chris was a born fighter from Red Oak, Texas, a Marine commando with six tours of duty. In combat, he could orchestrate from the chaos a lethal strike by jet fighters, helicopters, mortar and artillery, raining hot metal on enemies a few hundred yards away.

At the cemetery, as “Taps” played, comrades of the Goski twins stood at attention, Marines in white hats and Special Forces in green berets. Mike, an Army Special Forces patch on his own shoulder, asked that none cry.

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Heavy Burden

Per capita, nearly twice as many small-town Americans have died at war since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks compared with those from large metro areas.

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Puts a face on your rhetoric.

We should get Americans out of the Middle East tomorrow. We should tell SK and Japan "here are you some weapons you deal with NK".

Not another drop of US blood should be spilled unless the purpose is clearly in direct defense of the USA.