The Post-Partisan Emporium

Thanks to James for contributing this article. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Letter from drone war whistleblower Daniel Hale to Judge Liam O’Grady 18 July 2021 “We now kill people without ever seeing them. Now you push a button thousands of miles away ... Since it’s all done by remote control, there’s no remorse ... and then we come home in triumph.” —US Navy Admiral Gene LaRocque, speaking to a reporter in 1995. Dear Judge O’Grady, It is not a secret that I struggle to live with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Both stem from my childhood experience growing up in a rural mountain community and were compounded by exposure to combat during military service. Depression is a constant. Though stress, particularly stress caused by war, can manifest itself at different times and in different ways. The tell-tale signs of a person afflicted by PTSD and depression can often be outwardly observed and are practically universally recognizable. Hard lines about the face and j