Only the passage of time can reveal the merit of action and the significance of events. US involvement in Iraq cannot be fully or cogently assessed until the dynamics have progressed to their dialectic conclusion.
Meanwhile, you KNOW you honored your oath and that you did your duty well. Many other men know not such.
Semper fi, Marine.
Excellent article. As a military wife, I am in close proximity to what PTSD looks like. And I also know that there is a lot of shame STILL in the military around acknowledging it by vets who truly are experiencing it and their lives are suffering because of it. Do yes the flipped ways the term is used is quite disconcerting
Thoughtfully, sensitively and insightfully written. I despise the toll that war takes on those who must wage it. I am none too fond of those who make the decisions to engage our country (or any country) in it, but I honor you, and your compatriots who serve because your country called on you to do so. As an anti-war activist it is hard to make the…
