Thank you, Matthew. I appreciate your point of view. I think we all have different priorities: I can’t imagine what he went through and suspect his personal experience underlies those votes, assuming he was supporting who he believed to be the good guys. That said, I completely understand your position — escalation, it can certainly be argued, leads to more war and violence. That said, I don’t take away from his candor and responsiveness, and I really am genuinely grateful to people like the Senator and so many others who don a uniform and choose to serve our country through elected office when their goals are really to make things better. No one should have to go through what he is going through now, nor should they have to go through what he did in Hanoi. I always hoped that what underlies his votes are his true belief that more those actions would actually stop others from having to do the same. Peace.
