Though a rash had kept him from service in Crimea the master considered himself an expert on military affairs. He was incredulous when some Cossack heroes were discharged for atrocities. “We train men to be killing machines and then rebuke them for killing?”#TolstoysTalesofTrump
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But how would the master respond, some wondered, upon learning that these Cossack heroes would be henceforth made to walk among their fellow Cossack riders?
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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