Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) went to Iraq, came back to his constituents and told a war story about how he wanted to go to the Green Zone gym and was turned away by a “two-bit security guard”. That would be, of course, a servicemember or contractor who has spent months in a war zone away from their family.
I am not proud to say the following words:
This reminds me of an old JAG episode.
Yes, my secret vice. Right up there with The Love Boat or Fantasy Island. I do not own the DVDs.
The episode, This Just In From Baghdad, featured a Department of Defense official who wants to play weekend warrior and winds up being a burden on the soldiers and gets in the way of the mission. In the end he panics and runs out into the open, where he is gunned down by sniper fire.
In the real world, Rep. McHenry is not gunned down and has pretty much the lamest war story I have ever heard.
[I first saw the video on kimbaland. and followed her advice to tell McHenry that he is a two-bit Representative.]
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Honestly, it’s like there’s a class of people – the military – who are expected to fight the wars for and take the crap from a class of people – the sooper-rich – who run the country!
Oh, wait.