Chickenhawk in Chief

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Those who were around during the Vietnam war have exhausted every possible argument about who did what, and why, and when, and with what justification.

Those who were not around must no doubt have had their fill—though for them and everyone else I highly recommend the new 10-part, 18-hour series on the Vietnam war by the filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, which will air on PBS in September (and which I’ve been watching in previews). Not everyone will agree with every part of its emphasis, but everyone will learn from it and, I predict, find it moving. I’ll have more to say about this when it appears.

But for those who weren’t around, here’s a primer on why Donald Trump took yet another step into graceless and obnoxious territory by criticizing Richard Blumenthal, the Democratic senator from Connecticut, for embellishing or lying about his Vietnam-era military record.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/what-did-you-do-in-the-twitter-war-daddy/536184/


Lurking Chumpsters- Before you bring up Bill Clinton he never criticized those who served like your messiah Donald Trump did.

[underpants]

1. Indeed

[ExciteBike66]

2. I have not seen the Ken Burns special yet,

but I would also recommend anyone interested read "A Grand Delusion", by Robert Mann. It is a history of the political background of the war: why various Presidential Administrations felt the need to get involved in such a remote location. It includes a lot about the major political figures of the time, at least in regard to their stance on the war.

I grew up reading histories of the Vietnam war and other wars. "A Grand Delusion" was an eye-opener since it did not focus at all on the actual fighting of the war, but rather on what question of why the war happened at all.

[oasis]

3. Ken Burns is the premier documentary go-to-guy. Each one a gem.

[MoonRiver]

4. Disgusting POS! nuff said

[Gothmog]

5. Trump is an idiot

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. PLUS ONE