RIP Lindsey Graham

[Al]

No Politics. What a man. This is what I would like to see from ANY politician. 33 years of military service!!!!!! Not 33-50 years of being a Politician.

Its unreal that at 71 this happened. My guess is the WidowMaker. Every $ you put into taking care of this organ is the best investment possible.

RIP Senator

 

[k1xv]

He had just flown back from the Ukraine, a long flight. I suspect the stress of the flight, dry thinner air, etc. was a contributing factor.

 

[4wd]

No Politics. What a man. This is what I would like to see from ANY politician. 33 years of military service!!!!!! Not 33-50 years of being a Politician.

Its unreal that at 71 this happened. My guess is the WidowMaker. Every $ you put into taking care of this organ is the best investment possible.

RIP Senator

Folks were watching Mitch M - didn’t see this coming …

 

[Capt W]

33 years of military service!!!!!!

Let's temper that a bit. He was a JAG for just over six years of active duty and then spent all his time in the Guard and Reserve. His "deployments" were pop-ins for a few weeks in the safety of main operating bases. All while some of us had front seats to the real wars for 6-12 months at a time. He never saw anything up close, yet never met a war he didn't love. A real hero...

 

[RooflessVW]

No Politics.

He's literally a politician. Well, was.

 

[KGMtech]

Nobody saw this one falling, 71 is not old.

 

[AZjeff]

To be clear his political career was from 1993 to his death and his miitary career from 1982 to 2014. HIs involvment with military law is admirable but most of the time it was secondary to his political career. About the same number of years being a politician and total military service.

 

[4wd]

This probably won’t make 3 pages which says allot …

 

[4wd]

I posted when Joe Lieberman died.
It was locked before the first reply.
Wish I could mention the irony that followed.

 

[Astro14]

He had just flown back from the Ukraine, a long flight. I suspect the stress of the flight, dry thinner air, etc. was a contributing factor.

Don’t underestimate the risk of DVT - deep vein thrombosis - on those long flights.

 

[4wd]

Don’t underestimate the risk of DVT - deep vein thrombosis - on those long flights.

Compression socks washed for Thursday !

 

[Touring5]

Wow. This came out of the blue.

Who had LG beating MM to the grave?

 

[goblin]

Don’t underestimate the risk of DVT - deep vein thrombosis - on those long flights.

Wouldn't they make him walk on a flight where he would NOT be stuck on a window(less) seat in economy class though...

Compression socks washed for Thursday !

Leg exercises any chance you get, even while seated. Even just flexing every leg muscle without moving the leg helps. Calf pumps. regular hydration, and don't keep your legs crossed.

 

[demarpaint]

I liked him, may he RIP.

 

[PWMDMD]

Wow. This came out of the blue.

Who had LG beating MM to the grave?

No one gets out of this life alive! The only difference for any of us is how and when.

 

[Zee09]

RIP...

 

[Astro14]

Let's temper that a bit. He was a JAG for just over six years of active duty and then spent all his time in the Guard and Reserve. His "deployments" were pop-ins for a few weeks in the safety of main operating bases. All while some of us had front seats to the real wars for 6-12 months at a time. He never saw anything up close, yet never met a war he didn't love. A real hero...

So, if one didn’t see anything “up close” - they didn’t serve?

How would you define “front seats”? Enemy engagement?

We should rule out the entire USAF, except the fighter pilots, as seeing anything “up close” by that standard, right?

I find this kind of characterization of service distasteful.

One has to volunteer, raise their right hand, and join. That makes them a service member, whether turning wrenches on an airplane, filing papers in an office, or carrying a rifle outside the wire of an FOB. Sure, the service is different, but I would never run down someone else’s service by characterizing it this way.

Some of us were warfighters. Some of us pulled triggers and engaged the enemy. Some of us did not.

All of us served.

 

[spackard]

I believe Nattokinease can help with the DVT.

 

[PWMDMD]

So, if one didn’t see anything “up close” - they didn’t serve?

How would you define “front seats”? Enemy engagement?

We should rule out the entire USAF, except the fighter pilots, as seeing anything “up close” by that standard, right?

I find this kind of characterization of service distasteful.

One has to volunteer, raise their right hand, and join. That makes them a service member, whether turning wrenches on an airplane, filing papers in an office, or carrying a rifle outside the wire of an FOB. Sure, the service is different, but I would never run down someone else’s service by characterizing it this way.

Some of us were warfighters. Some of us pulled triggers and engaged the enemy. Some of us did not.

All of us served.

No one is saying someone who served in a support role "didn't serve." They absolutely did, and they deserve respect for raising their right hand and fulfilling their obligation.

The criticism isn't about whether someone served. It's about whether their public rhetoric about war is consistent with the level of personal risk and experience they had. Those are separate questions, and it's possible to respect someone's service while still questioning their judgment or views on military intervention.

 

[SwampSurvivor]

Crazy stuff.
Last week one of my neighbors just dropped dead of a heart attack.
I'm going to assume it was some sort of widow maker heart attack.