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   dtroutma said, about 1 year ago

   Welcome home.
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   win said, about 1 year ago

   somehow, it’s never the same
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   AshburnStadium said, about 1 year ago

   @dtroutma

   To both our soldiers and Tony Auth, whose work we haven’t seen in a long time.
   On Memorial Day, I remember those who didn’t make it home. My mom’s first fiancé, Sgt. Charles Avery Rublee, was declared MIA in Korea on 28 DEC 1950.
   On the other hand, Veterans Day is for all veterans, those who made it home and those who didn’t.
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   MortyForTyrant said, about 1 year ago

   it would be nice if the troops really could join the BBQ. Alas, they are stuck in this hellhole, this armpit of a country. And STILL more than 50% of Americans couldn’t find Afghanistan on a map…
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   ARodney said, about 1 year ago

   Well, unlike the Paul Ryan budget, at least Obama sees an end to our involvement in Afghanistan.
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   Dypak said, about 1 year ago

   I think it helps the Troops to know that life goes on here at home. That’s why it’s so important to honor them and their sacrifice.
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   jack75287 said, about 1 year ago

   I am afraid this is way to true.
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   Gypsy8 said, about 1 year ago

   Well the troops are honored twice a year and other times when it is convenient. Must keep them pumped up and believing in the mission to maintain recruitment. Just don’t ask to contribute by paying for the mission in higher taxes.
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   PocketNaomi said, about 1 year ago

   We “honor” the troops twice a year, but less than 1/10 of 1% of the military budget goes to them. If we really honored them, we’d pay them well, give them good equipment to keep them safe, give them the social services they need when/if they get home to help them overcome their wounds (both physical and psychological), and send them into combat only when the people they’ve sworn to serve are truly endangered, not when the multinational corporations’ profits are.
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    dtroutma said, about 1 year ago

    Ashburn Stadium: I include my 157 friends on “the Wall”, and several more recent friends, including one VERY CLOSE friend now interred at Arlington cemetery, KIA, Iraq, 2007.
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    braindead08 said, about 1 year ago

    Veterans’ benefits belong within the military budget.
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    Justice22 said, about 1 year ago

    There’s lots of difference between combat and home. Most familes sacrifice little while a few sacrifice all.
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    Buddy Novinski said, about 1 year ago

    @Grainbelt

    An even better message is to confine wars to those we can’t avoid, and keep our National Guard here, at home!
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    mikefive said, about 1 year ago

    @braindead08

    Whhaaaat. Where did that come from.
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    INGSOC said, about 1 year ago

    Enough food to go around….
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