At a recent gathering, the older veterans' comments were predictably negative about the state of affairs in our country. Equally predictable were words -- harsh, angry, condemning, frustrated, emotional -- about the choices in this presidential election. "What fools!" from a retired Navy Captain captured it best.
It was a decidedly an anti-Clinton group, to no one's surprise I am sure. As a retired Marine Colonel observed, when she falsely claimed to have landed under sniper fire in Bosnia, she insulted all those who have and do wear the uniforms of our nation's military. This alone, in his mind, disqualifies her.
But make no mistake, Trump faired no better. His scurrilous and despicable comments to and about a Gold Star Family enraged these veterans. They were livid!
The outrage across the nation at Trump was most eloquently captured in an op-ed written by the retired soldier who was Captain Khan's commanding officer at the time of his death. As only a commanding officer can do, he put the entire matter in proper perspective.
But whether it is Clinton's hubris or Trump's maniacal attacks, their comments expose their unfitness for the office they seek.
Predictably, it will likely occur that these episodes will be just others in the litany of episodes to come this election season. One candidate continues to lie, obfuscate, and misrepresent, displaying a total absence of character. The other candidate continues to insult, belittle, and attack just about every element of our great nation, displaying a total absence of judgment.
Predictably, however, one of these two fools, borrowing the retired Navy Captain's apt description, will be elected.
Predictably, the nation will bemoan that day.
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