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VDH drops the hammer on Mark Kelly and Ro Khanna — and this one left a mark.
Senator Kelly has been calling Trump a war criminal. But Kelly was an A-6E Intruder pilot in the first Gulf War — 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲-𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 over Kuwait and Iraq, two Distinguished Flying Crosses (U.S. Navy). VDH explains what those A-6E tactical missions actually were: "𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘝 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴." The exact same dual-use targets he now wants Trump charged for threatening. Kelly faithfully carried out orders to hit a power plant, a TV station, a bridge, a rail line — "𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳."
Then there's Ro Khanna, who is equating bridge strikes and military-industrial targets to 𝐍𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠. VDH, the classicist, asks the question Khanna never bothered to research: "𝘋𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺?"
What was actually tried at Nuremberg? The Soviets — who sat on the judging panel — had starved 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 people under German control. They had the two largest encirclements in history, trapping two million people. 𝐓𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝. They deliberately starved them. And the Russians still sat in judgment.
The American position at Nuremberg was morally defensible and consistent: "𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘳. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘬!𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 — 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬!𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 16 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮." The Allies k!lled 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 French civilians in the liberation bombing — more than the Germans did. That came up at Nuremberg. And that generation didn't flinch.
Ro Khanna compares Trump's one bridge to that. VDH's assessment: "𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯." Two days ago he wanted Trump charged with war crimes and impeached. Today he called the ceasefire effort "pathetic." As VDH puts it: "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵, 𝘙𝘰? 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦?"
𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞.
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