One thing I’ve always wondered: what do we actually know about Grandpa Joe’s military service? Given his age, he could’ve been eligible for service during WWII or the Korean War. I can’t find anything online, so did this guy simply give Uncle Sam the middle finger and stay in bed because he couldn’t be bothered to get up? Not out of any ethical or moral objection to war, as far as I can tell, but simply because he didn’t feel like serving.
The irony? He later enthusiastically supported military interventions from Vietnam to the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. He strikes me as the kind of guy who’d dodge the draft, stay in bed, and then spend the rest of his life lecturing actual veterans about patriotism while cheering on every new war. Apparently, sending other people’s kids off to die is a lot easier when you never had to wear the uniform yourself.
I genuinely fucking hate this man. 🤬