My friend, age late 40s, is just a weakling. Sure, he survived 4 tours in the hot spots of the Mid-East. And he has served in the Marines for 18 years while raising a family. But he’s weak because he has PTSD.
That’s what Donald Trump would call him. That’s what he intimated to a group of veterans at the Retired American Warriors PAC–that many (not all) in the group could handle the horrors of war but others weren’t strong and couldn’t handle it. In other words, anyone with PTSD is the opposite of strong, that is, weak.
Here’s what he said: ““When people come back from war and combat and they see maybe what the people in this room have seen many times over, and you’re strong and you can handle it, but a lot of people can’t handle it.”
Read more details and see a video clip at this Huffington Post article. Or if you don’t trust that paper, search the words “Trump PTSD veterans weak” to find a multitude of other sources.
Do I sound upset? No, I’m mad! My friend and countless others who serve our country have to be strong to do their jobs. Seeing man’s inhumanity to man on a daily basis does NOT make them weak. In fact, I think they can just not hold back their morality any longer.