**#GrahamPlatner Went to Hell and Back. He Has a Simple Message for #Democrats.**
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/opinion/graham-platner-forever-war-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dFA.zPAA.8bvnke2a7T7W&smid=url-share
from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[shareable 30-day gift article]
April 22, 2026
[written by a former #Obama admin national security official]
> “I don’t want other young Americans to go through what I’ve been through. And I don’t want to send other young Americans to inflict the horror that I had to inflict on people.”
> Polling suggests that most Americans agree with him. So does the feedback he gets day to day. The people he meets overwhelmingly oppose the > [> #> war](https://expressional.social/tags/war )> ; many are furious or heartbroken about it. That includes his fellow veterans. “I don’t know a single guy I served with who thinks this thing in > [> #> Iran](https://expressional.social/tags/Iran )> is a good idea,” he told me. Many of those guys are > [> #> MAGA](https://expressional.social/tags/MAGA )> . “This was one of the reasons they were big Trump supporters — he was the > [> #> antiwar](https://expressional.social/tags/antiwar )> or ‘America first’ candidate.”
#NoWarWithIran
#news #politics #USpol #Maine #Senate #USSenate #US #USA #DemocraticParty
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧
npub1mq…wlk78
2026-04-23 13:37:39 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1mqg0hpkwdgaqt9pzda5v3sc8tv2mll7v67u0n8e2mfh89mr9r4ushwlk78Seen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2026-04-23 13:37:39 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "e8f24504442d4eeb8a0eea5274ef6b3f7dc5cf4a884d36401c56ef8a21528cad",
"pubkey": "d810fb86ce6a3a0594226f68c8c3075b15bfffccd7b8f99f2ada6e72ec651d79",
"created_at": 1776951459,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"ussenate"
],
[
"t",
"democraticparty"
],
[
"t",
"nyt"
],
[
"t",
"nowarwithiran"
],
[
"t",
"news"
],
[
"t",
"senate"
],
[
"t",
"grahamplatner"
],
[
"t",
"uspol"
],
[
"t",
"maine"
],
[
"t",
"war"
],
[
"t",
"iran"
],
[
"t",
"politics"
],
[
"t",
"obama"
],
[
"t",
"democrats"
],
[
"t",
"newyorktimes"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://expressional.social/@Peter_Link/116454290870858139",
"web"
],
[
"t",
"maga"
],
[
"t",
"us"
],
[
"t",
"antiwar"
],
[
"t",
"usa"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://expressional.social/users/Peter_Link/statuses/116454290870858139",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://expressional.social/users/Peter_Link/statuses/116454290870858139",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "**#GrahamPlatner Went to Hell and Back. He Has a Simple Message for #Democrats.**\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/opinion/graham-platner-forever-war-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dFA.zPAA.8bvnke2a7T7W\u0026smid=url-share \n\nfrom #NewYorkTimes #NYT \n[shareable 30-day gift article] \nApril 22, 2026 \n\n[written by a former #Obama admin national security official] \n\n\u003e “I don’t want other young Americans to go through what I’ve been through. And I don’t want to send other young Americans to inflict the horror that I had to inflict on people.”\n\n\u003e Polling suggests that most Americans agree with him. So does the feedback he gets day to day. The people he meets overwhelmingly oppose the \u003e [\u003e #\u003e war](https://expressional.social/tags/war )\u003e ; many are furious or heartbroken about it. That includes his fellow veterans. “I don’t know a single guy I served with who thinks this thing in \u003e [\u003e #\u003e Iran](https://expressional.social/tags/Iran )\u003e is a good idea,” he told me. Many of those guys are \u003e [\u003e #\u003e MAGA](https://expressional.social/tags/MAGA )\u003e . “This was one of the reasons they were big Trump supporters — he was the \u003e [\u003e #\u003e antiwar](https://expressional.social/tags/antiwar )\u003e or ‘America first’ candidate.” \n\n#NoWarWithIran \n#news #politics #USpol #Maine #Senate #USSenate #US #USA #DemocraticParty",
"sig": "1d6bb792e61e4528dfa5199f7961c3a1ada430e4a1d7acdff3940e5e7a3070c7947589be1069601804e52fd4ee0664b39bdf599f01b349879a3419ecb8ee865f"
}