#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 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; 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 is a good idea,” he told me. Many of those guys are #MAGA. “This was one of the reasons they were big Trump supporters — he was the #antiwar or ‘America first’ candidate.” #NoWarWithIran #news #politics #USpol #Maine #Senate #USSenate #US #USA