The John Batchelor Show

VIDEO: Borrowed Valor

February 10, 2015

Monday  3 February 2014  / Hour 1, Block C: Mona Charen, NRO, in re: Borrowed Valor  The Left envies the heroism it defames.  People who know, don’t say. This includes veterans who've served under fire; this connects to general disdain for the military from one part of one party.  In a way,  he was paying tribute to people who truly deserve honor. Contrasting borrowed valor – Brian Williams and Hillary Clinton – with the tone that so often comes from the left, recently evidenced in reaction to American Sniper. If ever we were to run out of brave young men to defend us, we'd be lost.  TGM:  One of the most painful deeds of a Congressman is to have to meet the families of soldiers who were killed.  MC:  The current Secretary of State testified that US soldiers were comparable to Genghis Khan - and it turned out that none of his allegations could be factually substantiated He's never apologized, or acknowledged that he was wrong, A mark of shame. He said that he'd thrown his medals over the White House wall and disposed of them. Years later, there were the medals, framed, on his office wall. The cruelty of all this is that Brian Williams is being held to account while Kerry and Mrs Clinton are not.   TGM: On our first codel, to Germany, one of our party asked a soldier in his hospital bed, "How do you feel about your experience?" "I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy," said the young man.