Lieutenant Colonel Lewis started nodding as if he’d just come to a conclusion. “I can only speak for myself,” he said, “but when I joined the Air Force, I did it to serve the people of this country. Not to protect a bunch of rich sick fucks hurting the people I swore to protect.” Something shifted behind his eyes, a darkness settling there. “When they made my airmen carry that bastard Harvey Grand’s remains like he was some kind of fallen hero, they took something from us. Our honor. Our pride. At least in the public’s eyes. My men and their families received hate messages—hell, even death
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