Now and again, I get distracted by another topic that pulls at my interests. Yesterday, the MILSURPWRITER and I got into yet another discussion about Veterans.

Specifically whether or not Veterans who make certain claims about their service while running for public office are… well…  being totally honest or just playing to the publics appetite for heroes?

There is a long history of service in this nation, and the total number of people who use that service in a nekulturny* manner are few overall, but they also tend to be the loudest.

I personally have always held a deep suspicion for anybody who feels the need to tell me their CV more than once. But these politicians feel the need to tell you every day what they say they’ve done. The big question is why anybody would care?

*Yes, it’s a Russian word. No, Putin did not invent it. In my experience and for all the words in the English language there really isn’t a better expression of the distaste of the behavior in discussion. Putin doesn’t get to hijack my vocabulary. If you have a problem with that, then go put on Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony 3rd Movement and chill out for a bit.