When pundits shrug off Iran questions: ‘Go get some life experience, kid’

By: Ken Miller

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: May 8, 2026

Words: 1,011

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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In April 2006, an Apache helicopter was shot down over Iraq. My cousin was the pilot. He had already completed his tour and was “stop-loss,” which is the military’s practice of extending a soldier’s service involuntarily past the commitment signed up for. He eventually came back home, but in a flag-covered casket instead of to the warm embrace of a grateful family.

I was a U.S. Army Reserve officer and never deployed to a combat …

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