Dissing Our Veterans

I was thinking about our veterans this morning. It breaks the hearts of most Americans when we hear that some homeless individual is a veteran who served his country in the military.

Most veterans come back and make good lives for themselves and their families. But we are deeply disturbed when even one individual who put on the uniform of our country can’t reintegrate into society.

I was also thinking about our veterans because two vets are in the news, and the great power centers of America are treating them like scum.

One is Pete Hegseth. (See next item.) The idea that members of Congress are sitting in judgment over Hegseth’s personal life over the years makes my blood boil. Particularly because these politicians come from the party that dances every time a baby is killed by “choice,” and there’s nothing they won’t do to appease LGBTQ fanatics.

The other vet is Daniel Penny.

Just imagine that you’re on the subway in New York City or any other major city. Suddenly, a deranged individual starts screaming and threatening to attack people. Then a man steps in and restrains the potential attacker. That’s what Penny did on May 1, 2023.

From that day until now, leftist ideologues have made his life hell. They used his military service against him, saying that as a veteran he knew how to properly restrain Jordan Neely without killing him. And, of course, they accused Penny of racism.

By the way, Neely’s long criminal record (42 arrests) included an outstanding warrant for assaulting a 67 year-old woman on the subway.

I am shocked and disgusted every time I read or see a news story about a woman who was attacked by a thug while able-bodied men looked the other way.

What kind of country produces “men” like that? I’ll tell you -- the kind of country that punishes men like Pete Hegseth and Daniel Penny.

The anti-war movement used to say, “What if there’s a war and nobody came?” If we keep doing this to our veterans, we’ll find out sooner rather than later.