Would you like to leave a message? <a href=" http://www.warwickhughes.com/blog/?p=business-research-papers ">i need help with my homework online yg</a> @Oilshark1... As a captain involved in the family support of our military personnel it was my experience that the poverty issues (many enlisted are on food stamps) is part of the shame and humiliation that most military will not talk about publicly. Yes, I agree, most public events honoring our military is conservative driven. Nonetheless, it is a veneer of support which is miles away from first hand involvement and, ultimately, understanding. It takes no personal involvement to "honor" and "celebrate" our military. In my opinion, the military is asked to do the impossible (win a war on terror) while being used as a political football for others to feel good about. Ask your friend what he was defending in Iraq? Our freedom? Our safety? The whole thing was based upon deception and lies, not unlike Gulf of Tonkin. Did the slaughter of thousands of civilians in Iraq make us safer? Or did it create a pool of future haters of America??? Unless he is suffering from PTSD (as most who experienced IED or other combat related issues), I don't think my fellow vet is seeing the whole picture. That's not unusual. Many Nam vets believe to this day the war 50 years ago was "winnable" and justified. This, in spite of the facts. Same is true today. Using the military as a public celebration of "support" is a modern invention. This was never the case for many years after WW2 with exception, of course, Veterans Day and Memorial Day. Now it is almost always expected. Again, military used as a political football. Disgusting and shameful.
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Note from the poll creator: Would you like to leave a message? <a href=" http://www.warwickhughes.com/blog/?p=business-research-papers ">i need help with my homework online yg</a> @Oilshark1... As a captain involved in the family support of our military personnel it was my experience that the poverty issues (many enlisted are on food stamps) is part of the shame and humiliation that most military will not talk about publicly. Yes, I agree, most public events honoring our military is conservative driven. Nonetheless, it is a veneer of support which is miles away from first hand involvement and, ultimately, understanding. It takes no personal involvement to "honor" and "celebrate" our military. In my opinion, the military is asked to do the impossible (win a war on terror) while being used as a political football for others to feel good about. Ask your friend what he was defending in Iraq? Our freedom? Our safety? The whole thing was based upon deception and lies, not unlike Gulf of Tonkin. Did the slaughter of thousands of civilians in Iraq make us safer? Or did it create a pool of future haters of America??? Unless he is suffering from PTSD (as most who experienced IED or other combat related issues), I don't think my fellow vet is seeing the whole picture. That's not unusual. Many Nam vets believe to this day the war 50 years ago was "winnable" and justified. This, in spite of the facts. Same is true today. Using the military as a public celebration of "support" is a modern invention. This was never the case for many years after WW2 with exception, of course, Veterans Day and Memorial Day. Now it is almost always expected. Again, military used as a political football. Disgusting and shameful.