The article comes to a proper conclusion with this paragraph.
Twenty-four years of service is nothing to sneeze at, and Vance is running alongside a known draft dodger who has repeatedly disparaged veterans and Gold Star families. If Vance wants to critique a man’s honor, he should start with his running mate.
I just can’t help but wonder what Vance’s tactic was here. Pointing out a Democrat’s military service is only going to further shine a light onto Trump’s lack of it.
Yes. He did 4 years and was stationed in Iraq where he did not see combat because as he was assigned to public affairs and spent his time in an air conditioned office writing press releases.
Vance, who served in the Marines from 2003 to 2007 and deployed to Iraq, has said in his memoir that he never saw real combat and that he worked in the public affairs department while on deployment.
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//2nd Edit to add that I don’t mean to disparage Vance’s service, only to point out the hypocrisy of him attacking another veteran for not seeing combat while he himself admits that he never saw combat.
The article comes to a proper conclusion with this paragraph.
I just can’t help but wonder what Vance’s tactic was here. Pointing out a Democrat’s military service is only going to further shine a light onto Trump’s lack of it.
Did Vance even serve?
Yes. He did 4 years and was stationed in Iraq where he did not see combat because as he was assigned to public affairs and spent his time in an air conditioned office writing press releases.
/Edit to add link
//2nd Edit to add that I don’t mean to disparage Vance’s service, only to point out the hypocrisy of him attacking another veteran for not seeing combat while he himself admits that he never saw combat.
Vance served in Iraq though he never saw combat himself.
Oh yeah. Private Bonespurs.
That’s Cadet Bone Spurs, to you. He never actually held any rank, not even private. (Thanks to Senator Tammy Duckworth for that appellation, btw).