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Jingoism [or How I Blackmail America]
This is an ongoing project that started as a Facebook album. I decided it would be wise to transfer the bulk of my commentary to the blogosphere. The project is motivated by military commentators...
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Jingoism
Here’s another one making the Facebook rounds: What’s most pertinent here is not the mangled grammar or the conspiratorial nonsense about voter fraud. It’s the accompanying caption: The Marine...
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Jingoism Watch
I have only recently been able to comprehend how a civilian might thank me for my service without implying anything positive about the consequences of my deployment to Iraq. Some people really are...
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Feeling Alienated by the Grieving Processes of Others
Nine years ago today, my Marine company found itself engulfed in a two-day battle in which five Marines were killed and several more wounded. For those of us who participated, “the 17th” remains a day...
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‘Thank You for Your Service’
At Bloomberg, Elizabeth Samet is disturbed the spectacle of thanking military veterans for their service: Conscience-easing expressions of gratitude by politicians and citizens cloak with courtesy the...
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Now the NFL “Supports the Troops” Too
Philip Giraldi calls out the NFL for shamelessly parroting the “fighting for our freedom” trope in order to capture market share: When I was in uniform back in 1968 through 1971, no one ever came up to...
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