OPINION:
“Boots on the ground” is a term we all should stop using. That includes the president, the press, congressman, pundits and the public. It depersonalizes and demeans the servicemen and women who risk their lives every day in the service of their country and fellow citizens.
They deserve much better than identification merely as “boots on the ground.” They are flesh and blood. They are friends, family members and neighbors. When they die in service, it’s not boots that are dying.
JOHN C. STOKES
St. Marys, Ga.
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