A Trump salute to veterans

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(11-12-2016, 02:13 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: The stuff with John McCain was typical Trump shit talking.  He's a man who has had no need of a filter most, if not all, of his life and he says whatever he thinks will denigrate his opponent the most.  Point being, he's attacking the person, not veterans as a whole.  Don't confuse my pointing this out as excusing these comments, there is no excuse for them.  Lastly, in regards to the Khan family.  You can't use their son's death for political gain, which is exactly why they were on stage at the DNC, and then claim immunity from counterattack.  Trump's response was in poor taste but using them for political gain isn't much better.

Trump wasn't attacking veterans as a whole, just the incompetents who let themselves become POWs. I think we can all agree Trump feels very positively towards military members who avoided capture. McCain enduring beatings and torture to protect fellow prisoners and sending others home before himself doesn't excuse failure. Maybe he could not have avoided being shot out of the sky, but had he attended Trump's military school he'd surely have had the requisite can do "militaristic" mindset to evade capture.  

The Khan's were on stage at the DNC because their Muslim son died fighting for the US and the Republican nominee had called for a ban all muslims entering the US, among other negative comments. The "political gain" they desired was recognition Muslims are Americans and die for the US too. And their son was both a muslim and an American hero. Not in poor taste to make that point before the nation. Many, myself included, think gold star parents should be immune from counter attack. Which of the first 44 presidents would disagree? Now we have one, the nation's new premiere role model, who doesn't.  Someone hits you, you have to hit back hard. You just have to, even a grieving gold star mother who never said a word, whether it serves your long term goals or not.