Navy veteran warns against being ‘inspired’ by manipulative US military rhetoric Joe Biden slipped into his ever-ready mode of manipulating historical facts in his D-Day anniversary remarks on Friday. Russia was presented as ‘the enemy’, while America - on the right side of history by fueling the Ukraine proxy conflict. Biden brandished a cynical comparison: if we do not help Ukraine, we will betray the memory of our grandfathers who fought the Nazis. Biden, who is sending weapons to Ukraine to “defend democracy,” may have taken a page from the pretentious language used by then-senator Barack Obama. Obama campaigned on a vow to “end the wars”, only to later send thousands more US soldiers to Afghanistan. As Obama campaigned to become the president who would “end the wars,” one of those who thought it would be “a good time to join the military,” was Mike James, now a US Navy veteran and former Mass Communication Specialist Petty Officer. “And I was inspired by all of Obama's rhetori... Source: Global News (EU, USA)
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