Ron Kovic Reality-Checks TV’s Chickenhawks
The "Born on the Fourth of July" author, being interviewed by Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer at the veterans hospital in Long Beach, Calif., notes that any TV pundit who calls for war is "not the one who's going to get hit by a bullet."
The “Born on the Fourth of July” author, being interviewed by Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer, notes that any TV pundit who calls for war is “not the one who’s going to get hit by a bullet.” Kovic, an anti-war activist, has been partly paralyzed since he was wounded in the Vietnam War 47 years ago and has continued to receive treatment for weeks at a time since sustaining his injuries.
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