War Mongering's Losers -- EVERYONE

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On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 03:20 PM,

wrote:

 

> Re: Easy Way to Stop War

>

> you know what really chaps my ass about this whole thing is that while

> some

> may be against the war for legitimate reasons, a lot of these so called

> " anti-war " peacenik types are taking it on our armed forces. It's not

> their

> fault they're fighting. They're just doing what they're told to/signed up

> to do in the military in the first place. It's their job & their

> patriotic

> duty they swore to fulfill.

 

My wife served 22 years in the USAF, retiring as a Major, and you're

exactly right, it's sure not the military to blame for starting wars, etc.

 

This is just like those morons who spat on returning Viet Nam veterans,

calling them baby killers -- utterly ridiculous, unfair, and revealing

only of the spitters' idiocy.

 

Truth is the vast majority of the military folks are poor folks of every

race, color, and creed who either go into military service because that's

about all they can get as a job, or who are drafted by cynical rich folks

out to start a war for profit. (And yes, a draft has been mooted.) The

thing is, everyone who serves ALSO is doing their best to serve their

country, and it involves a hell of a lot of sacrifice even in peacetime.

It's not an easy life, and anyone condemning the military just doesn't

know what they are talking about.

>

> Kinda like Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman. Everyone ragged on him because

> he

> defended some high-profile mobsters here during his attorney days. Hey,

> the

> guy was just doing what he was paid to do, regardless of how he felt about

> his clientele.

 

LOL - exactly so, and in our system everyone is entitled to the best

defense money can buy, eh?

>

> Megan

>

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