I find #TammyDuckworth very confusing.
I don't know very much about her, but i am stuck on a particular thing she said, i don't remember the exact phrasing, but i think i recall the key elements
- she disagreed with the Iraq war
- but she went anyway
- because she believes in #democracy
it definitely involved belief and democracy … but what does that mean?
and there wasn't any qualifying statement to say she'd changed her mind about it since she got back?
It's that notoriously inexcusable excuse of "just following orders" but with a confusing twist on it, that sort of changes the meaning, until i think too hard about it and then it kinda falls apart.
Possibly i should try to find the exact quote before i continue…
Do you know if she's changed her views on it over the years?
She reminds me a little bit of #JacquiLambie - an Australian veteran and senator who was also injured though much less dramatically (a back injury on a training exercise that has her discharged and unable to work for ten years)
When #Lambie first got into the senate she was hopelessly ignorant, but she has leant very willingly and this willingness to learn makes me respect her more than any other senator.
I don't always agree with everything Lambie does, but she represents the people who voted for her very well.
I respect Senator #Lambie and #Katter and even Hanson, respect is maybe not the right word for #PaulineHanson but i respect their right to be there… because i believe in #democracy
but the thing i mean when i say that doesn't describe going to war on the orders of a guy who got fewer votes than his opponent and who turned out to be lying about WMDs?
Marmel
Kirt