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  1. dtroutma

    dtroutma said, 12 months ago

    Not all Viet Nam vets were U.S., many of us were R.A.. It’s the “all” volunteer that is still in question, given the economy of the last few decades, and cost of college going up that led many to join for the “benefits”.

  2. cjr53

    cjr53 said, 12 months ago

    What about conscription?

  3. NebulousRikulau

    NebulousRikulau said, 12 months ago

    Did we lose anyone in Libya? Militarily, I mean; I know there were American civilians not directly involved in the revolution that were casualties.

  4. MortyForTyrant

    MortyForTyrant said, 12 months ago

    I would never join the military because it is controlled by politicians. Need a distraction? Start a war! Poll numbers down? Invade a country! Re-election threatened? Kick some butt! The individual soldier is alright, they are just G.I. Joe kind of guys. The NCOs are in it for the money, the officers for the prestige.
    But as soon as you reach General/Admiral everything becomes political and you have to watch your mouth and your friends. In the end the whole machine can be turned to destroy countries or even the whole world. Some bravery to push a button that ends all of creation, bra-vo!!!

  5. Ms. Ima

    Ms. Ima said, 12 months ago

    And sacrifice they do. Even under the Coward in Chief we have today.

  6. Jase99

    Jase99 said, 12 months ago

    “And sacrifice they do. Even under the Coward in Chief we have today.”

    The so called Coward in Chief is doing a Hell of a lot better than the Deserter in Chief could ever dream of.

  7. fredgold

    fredgold said, 12 months ago

    @Ms. Ima

    You are a disgusting being. I left out human on purpose.

  8. Ennui_rudy Rutherford

    Ennui_rudy Rutherford said, 12 months ago

    @dtroutma

    Thanks for the memories, Trout. U.S. was an acronym for the Draft era soldier; or Army of the United States – goes all the way back to the Civil War, and R.A., of course, was for Regular Army, or enlistee. I was U.S. and part of 173d.

  9. kamwick

    kamwick said, 12 months ago

    My father in law was a fighter pilot in WWII. We have a lot of war worshippers in our family who always wanted him to talk about his brave adventures, and thought he was superior because of them.

    The truth was, he was thoroughly disgusted by war, the politicians who use it so cynically, and the fake patriotism idiocy that generates the maudlin sensibilities of the gullible in order to keep the war machine going.

    He knew that war is hell and he didn’t want anything to do with the ongoing glorification of the military that we see from faux patriots today. If his son’s number had come up for the Vietnam draft, he would have shipped him out to Canada at the first opportunity. Told me so himself.

    To me, that man was a true hero and patriot.

    Soldiers should be honored for the simple fact that they’re willing to die in service to their country. But, since war nowadays is simply the cynical machination of the powers that be rather than actual defense of our country, we really need to see that this is not glorious…it’s incredibly tragic.

  10. dtroutma

    dtroutma said, 12 months ago

    ^Welcome home.


    “Morty”, the pure politics comes in when they’re out to make “field grade”, or major, not flag.


    Ima again proving beneath contempt. I suggest you read just Chapter Two of “Rather Outspoken” by Dan Rather. The OVERWHELMING evidence of you’re precious "W"s DESERTION from the Texas National Guard did NOT depend on just a couple memos, that indeed were actually proven to be factual.


    You might also want to read about his father, who bailed out, as aircraft commander in WW II, before his crew could get out of the plane, and they died (no, he KILLED THEM). It’s in his authorized (and weirdly inflated) biography “George Bush, HIs WW II years”. Which interestingly in addition to the cowardice of bailing out first, his “years” in WW II, were actually just four “special protective and cover his ass treatment” months in the Pacific.. HIs bombing of fishing boats flying the American flag (his penchant it seems) is also a pair of “interesting” anecdotes for consideration of the “non-weirdly-justified” story.

  11. indieme

    indieme said, 12 months ago

    If soldiers are asked to pay the ultimate price for their service shouldn’t Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice and Powell be asked to pay the price for their DISSERVICE in their criminal neglect and subsequent rush to invade and shock and awe people half way around the world?

  12. Eryx

    Eryx said, 12 months ago

    @dtroutma

    Smack!

  13. Eryx

    Eryx said, 12 months ago

    @indieme

    I would even pay for their plane tickets to the Hague. One-way.

  14. masterskrain

    masterskrain said, 12 months ago

    And just for everyone’s consideration…John McCain once commented that the plane he was shot down in was the 5th plane he had lost. He crashed, damaged, or banged up the other four!
    “I wasn’t really a very good pilot”

  15. Ms. Ima

    Ms. Ima said, 12 months ago

    @Jase99

    Yea, the Coward in Chief never served in the military.

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