RIP Toby Keith

I would agree, not today. The exchange occurred at Willie Nelson’s 70th birthday party concert.

I don’t know if Toby Keith ever moderated the stance that provoked Kristofferson to respond as he did. Like I said, I’m not really a fan but no one should go out wracked with pain from cancer treatment.
Terps, except, Kristofferson's little rant kind of falls flat when you realize he never killed anyone in a war zone for his country or for anything else? Sure, he served in the military, that's great, I'm grateful but so did Elvis Presley, Jeff Bridges, and yeah even, Rick James until he went AWOL, but he never fought or served in Vietnam or any other war? Adam Driver was a hard core, Fight Club fan-loving enthusiast growing up in rural Indiana who volunteered and was accepted as a Marine after 9/1 and if it hadn't been for a non-combat related injury IIRC, in January 2003 that led to a honorable discharge, he very likely would have fought and possibly been killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom a few months later.

Celebrities like Lee Marvin, Michael Caine, however did, and if they were to give this sort of speech, it would have INFINITELY more resonance with me.