For like, the war crimes and stuff. Because that seems like quite a significant factor. (Maybe this is common knowledge for people more plugged-in to US politics)
Edit - seems the answer is a resounding NO lol. I should have guessed on account of none of his defenders bringing it up.
Another edit - people, if a veteran-turned-politician said ‘I regret my time in the armed forces, and the shit I saw turned me anti-imperialist’ that would actually count for something. Please stop pretending that it wouldn’t.
I think he regrets getting that Nazi tattoo. If for no other reason than because of the current discourse.
But him talking about how he would volunteer for various imperialist wars including Vietnam really tells us all you need to know.
And notably that he left out both world wars and the civil war, despite giving patriotism as the reason he wanted to be in the American revolution.
Yeah but there was an even playing field duding those wars, it’s not fun unless you can napalm an entire village from the comfort of your jet
I get the feeling that he might just be kinda dumb.
That’s my most favorable interpretation.
Yeah, the more I think about it the more I think he might actually be telling the truth about the tattoo and he’s a complete dipshit stereotypical crayon eating enlisted marine and he’s so incurious about the entire world he couldn’t be bothered to reflect on it for a single moment in 20 years. Even if all the blackwater shit and masturbating over the massacre in Fallujah wasn’t disqualifying I think this would be.
I see exactly one way how this could still work out. He gets a UAW guy implanted directly into his ear canal.
Without I don’t see him suddenly start making good decisions.
UAW ceti eel
Yeah, but have you considered those are scary wars