Thread by @ManiatiGeorge

🧵For my fellow Veterans who took their oath to the Constitution seriously and now find themselves feeling betrayed by the country we fought for and watching it betray our allies who also put their lives on the line by our side. Where to begin? I guess I’ll look at the. ..1/n

110 or so years and the wars we fought side by side with countries our government now sees as enemies. In WW1 we finally came to the aid of Western Europe in 1917. Thousands of American soldiers fought and died fighting alongside the French, Canadians and British. Some fools…2/n

will say we saved France. Well we owed it to them. Back during the Revolutionary War it was FRANCE that kept us in the fight. Without France we would have lost. Washington’s victory at Yorktown doesn’t happen if the British get to reinforce Cornwallis at Yorktown. The Battle…3/n

of the Chesapeake allowed the French to control that body of water and allowed Washington to cut off Cornwallis at Yorktown. Both victories led to the end of major actions in the Revolutionary War and American Victory. Throughout the War France was a crucial supporter of…4/n

the Americans. Yes so we owed it to them. How do you ever repay the debt you owe a country for your freedom? Can you put a value on it?
We helped keep France free. In WW2 we finally joined AFTER we were attacked by Imperial Japan. The Brits and Commonwealth forces had been…5/n

fighting since 1940 in the air and on the ground in Norway & France. They fought on the seas and oceans. They fought in Greece. In the air over Britain during the Blitz. They fought the Axis in North Africa. Brits, Canadians, New Zealanders & Aussies. Free French, Poles, …6/n

Czechs, and Greeks. From 1942 on US soldiers fought & died amongst soldiers of the aforementioned countries. They fought to ultimate victory. There are thousands of Americans buried in cemeteries in Europe who fought in WW1 & WW2. They are not alone. There are literally…7/n

thousands of European soldiers from many nations that number in a total number of millions buried in cemeteries throughout Europe. Our Allies not only in name but they spilled blood on the same soil our soldiers did. During the Korean War American Soldiers fought alongside…8/n

soldiers from over 22 countries fought together to keep South Korea from being overrun by totalitarian forces of North Korea, China & the USSR. In Vietnam Aussies, New Zealanders, South Koreans, Thai & Phillipine forces fought for South Vietnam and US forces. In 1990….9/n

during Desert Storm thousands of soldiers from Great Britain and France along with others fought with our troops together to liberate Kuwait. Again in Operation Iraqi freedom and Afghanistan they answered OUR CALL for support. Many of us veterans know the skill & bravery …10/n

of the soldiers our allies sent to fight alongside us in these campaigns. Now we find our govt spewing nonsense about their commitment to peace when at the same time our govt aligns itself with the country that has supported our enemies for the last 75 years. USSR/Russia …11/n

backed our opponents in Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Libya, Iran and the Balkans. They supported and armed militias in Somalia that led to the deaths of 19 American soldiers on Oct 3, 1993. They have paid bounties for American casualties in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. AMERICAN…12/n

SOLDIERS HAVE DIED AT THE HANDS OF RUSSIA. Let us not forget that of all the stars on the CIA Memorial Wall. There are 140 stars for every CIA officer who died serving the country. The majority of those stars the result of actions taken by Russia and their proxies. So this ..12/n

White House is now realigning our allegiances with the people who have been killing us since 1945. How doesn’t this make any veteran with moral clarity sick to their stomach?
Now in Ukraine we have sided with the indicted war criminal Putin and his Genocidal Army. Ukraine…13/n

sent 6000 troops to Iraq. 18 did not return. They sent troops to Afghanistan. Some 5000 total. Meanwhile Russia was supplying our enemies in both countries. We fought alongside Ukrainians for our wars and now when they face a threat to their actual existence we side with …14/n

the war criminals trying to erase them from history. My memories of my time serving the country I fought for & love now ring hollow and I feel disgust at the abandonment of what we all once held close to our hearts…

Signed,

U.S. Veteran of 4 campaigns