If that's the Ranger who testified at Paxton's impeachment trial, I can say this about that: When he spoke, everything and everyone went silent. You could have heard a pin drop. Not even Dan Patrick, who presided, said a word. You want to see what a Texas Ranger is? You're looking at him.

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Circling back around to where this started, the "we were stabbed in the back" narrative from SOF podcasters and their ilk isn't a conclusion reached based on a good-faith attempt to interpret the evidence, but rather a myth they believe in because it lets them, personally, off the hook.

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This was definitely a recurring dynamic between JSOC and conventional forces throughout the Iraq and Afg wars. I got into it a bit in “The Hardest Place”:

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If I'm being honest, I think a lot of them really can't comprehend how loathed he is because they're in such a bubble. I think the partying and dancing in the streets is gonna stun quite a few of them.

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what still blows my mind is how much mileage the GOP got out of the "you can keep your plan" Obamacare thing when i was on employer healthcare, our plans changed every fuckin' year and there was nothing to be done about it

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