mattgallagher0
@mattgallagher0
Author of DAYBREAK + others. Proud dad, committed ranter, vet. Writer-in-Residence, IFC, Air Force Academy + creative writing prof, Fairfield. Don't be mad bro
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Opinion: JD Vance is right about the Forever Wars – but he’s dead wrong on Ukraine, writes Iraq veteran and author mattgallagher0. politico.com/news/magazine/…
"Taking issues case by case defies the comforts of doctrine. It’s deeply unsatisfying...but it’s the only way I’ve found to reconcile the many contradictions of our world." My latest for POLITICO Magazine on Iraq, Ukraine + the dangerous allures of nationalism politico.com/news/magazine/…
"We served in Iraq under false pretenses, in a country that largely saw us not as saviors but as invaders. That is not the situation in Ukraine." mattgallagher0 breaks down the flaws he sees in JD Vance's comparisons between Iraq and Ukraine: politico.com/news/magazine/…
mattgallagher0 POLITICO Magazine Excellent op-ed, Matt, truly. So well crafted and written. And this last sentence gave me goosebumps: "Neither is a cynicism so curdled and narrow that nothing is worth defending."
“Withdrawing into an isolationist shell, or “America First,” can be a siren’s song for veterans of my generation. Yet retreating from the international body and its endless ills is no solution, either, morally or pragmatically.“ mattgallagher0 politico.com/news/magazine/…