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Hello all you happy people! It’s that time of the week once again for Point/Counterpoint. The questions this week are 1.)What do you think about the false valor allegations against the current Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz, and 2.) Do you agree or disagree with the Olympic Committee banning Russia from the 2024 Olympic Games over the war in Ukraine. 1. There are many folks who either are currently serving or have served in the military with bravery and unmitigated pride(like my co-writer),so you can imagine upon hearing these allegations they made me physically ill. Allegedly Mr. Walz left his platoon in a bind before they were deployed to Iraq in 2005, choosing to abruptly retire and run for political office rather than fill out his commitment to the military. I noticed how conveniently the Harris/Walz campaign website completely scrubbed the portion of his bio discussing his rank(merely a coincidence, no doubt…).Now they’re scrambling, saying Walz “misspoke”(isn’t that called LYING if it were done knowingly?)about his rank and actually being in Iraq(he was deployed to Italy, which hasn’t been a war zone since 1945). If proven true, this is wanton cowardice at the highest levels, but it would also give Walz something in common with John Wayne: both of them never saw a millisecond of actual combat! If this is proven true, someone should be held accountable. Will they? With the track record of this “campaign” I wouldn’t hold my breath lest I turn into a Smurf.
