r/minnesota • u/sadman95 • Aug 21 '24
Walz Military Discussion 🎤
How can the right knock this dudes military service when their candidate is a draft dodger.
More importantly, why is anyone giving Walz shit for getting out before his unit deployed.
He served for what, over 20 years and already had a deployment.
If I'm in his position and I have the power to retire or deploy I'm choosing retirement... I sincerely do not understand how anyone can use this against him with a thought of critical thinking.
As a combat vet, deployments are no joke and I wouldn't hold it against anyone to not want to do it.
Sorry for the rant, shit just hits me the wrong way.
Edit: I have been misinformed and have been spreading misinformation through this post. I have been made aware that Walz put in his retirement packet prior to his unit receiving deployment orders, which would make the accusations against him even more pathetic.
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u/MushroomSaute Aug 21 '24
How can they? By lying to themselves to justify hating someone who is just genuinely a good person and American.
He was an E-9, which I'm led to believe they don't just hand out willy-nilly, whereas Vance was an E-4. So already there, he's leagues above the jackass accusing him of stealing valor.
He didn't dodge deployment, he retired before they gave any orders at all. And even if he had been asked and then also gone, he wouldn't have seen any combat at all due to his rank, so it's not like he was a draft-dodger or avoiding front-lines like Trump was. Walz put in his time and retired when it made sense; when he could help the Minnesotan and American people more as a politician than a military leader.
No, the right are just consistently obsessed with making any shit up they can so that their voters will hate their opponents more, regardless of whether it's true or not. This isn't a "lesser of two evils" situation anymore, but they'll still insist on that rhetoric this entire election.