{"id":68301,"date":"2016-06-06T17:23:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T17:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/06\/06\/iraq-war-vet-rules-out-an-independent-presidential-run\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:36:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:36:51","slug":"iraq-war-vet-rules-out-an-independent-presidential-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/2016\/06\/06\/iraq-war-vet-rules-out-an-independent-presidential-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq War vet rules out an independent presidential run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Iraq War veteran mulling a third-party presidential bid has dropped out of the race before ever getting in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David French, a former Army Reserve officer working with the &#8220;Never Trump&#8221; movement, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/436222\/david-french-not-running-president\"><u>wrote in the conservative National Review on Sunday<\/u><\/a> that he would not launch an independent presidential run, despite support from peers frustrated with the success of Republican front-runner Donald Trump and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Never before have both parties failed so spectacularly, producing two dishonest, deceitful candidates who should be disqualified from running for town council, much less leader of the free world,&#8221; he wrote in the piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Given this reality, it would be tempting to say that when it comes to confronting this national moment, &#8216;somebody&#8217; stepping up is better than nobody. 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