SoldierBracelet

Other Soldiers Have Voices, Too

I was a little surprised to see my colleague, Dave, characterize Barack Obama's "I've got a bracelet, too..." line as a gaffe. This is the interesting thing about point of view. Usually, we can see the other guy's point, even if we don't write about it. That's how we form an effective argument, by anticipating and evaluating counter-arguments. Dave, in particular, is fairly even-handed in his analysis. In this case, however, we both seem to have missed the other guy's point.It has long roiled me when Republican politicians presume to tell the world what our troops are thinking (but only the ...

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