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Military thoughts on civilian ideas......
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JTrainDavis
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Disclaimer: I never went to Iraq, got out months before the bang started. Another in the line, as between both my mothers and fathers family, from the same town, we have 2 KIA's and 4 total Purple Hearts from WW2 until today.
I see Citizen 'A'. Didn't serve, but not out of lack of patriotism. He doesn't nessecarily support the war, but he realizes that there is job to be done, and our boys are doing it. He spans all classes and ethnicites, punches the clock every day, and is thankful for the milk and honey that the land, and therefore it's boys overseas, have done for it.
Then there is Citizen 'B': He grew up in the flag burning 60's. He hates violence, even when it is being used to combat more violence. He hung a flag after 9/11, but has taken it down. He puts crosses on town greens every day, as a form of protest, not in remembrance of those who have fallen. He finds a bandbox, and yells from it.
There is always type C, the middle ground.
I can deal with Mister "A", he's a good man. Wholeheartedly, regardless of his view of the war. Being a good man means alot. Mister B is an idiot. The attacks in 2001 brought militant Islam to our doorstep, and they've forgotten already. Their angry liberalism has skewed them away from the common good.
I see Citizen 'A'. Didn't serve, but not out of lack of patriotism. He doesn't nessecarily support the war, but he realizes that there is job to be done, and our boys are doing it. He spans all classes and ethnicites, punches the clock every day, and is thankful for the milk and honey that the land, and therefore it's boys overseas, have done for it.
Then there is Citizen 'B': He grew up in the flag burning 60's. He hates violence, even when it is being used to combat more violence. He hung a flag after 9/11, but has taken it down. He puts crosses on town greens every day, as a form of protest, not in remembrance of those who have fallen. He finds a bandbox, and yells from it.
There is always type C, the middle ground.
I can deal with Mister "A", he's a good man. Wholeheartedly, regardless of his view of the war. Being a good man means alot. Mister B is an idiot. The attacks in 2001 brought militant Islam to our doorstep, and they've forgotten already. Their angry liberalism has skewed them away from the common good.
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After a few trips, it gets easier to let things roll of me without getting angry. When I first got back, it was a lot harder.
Some people just believe they know it all when in reality they know very little. As you have already seen on this specific board, even those who have served disagree about Iraq. It happens.
But nothing makes me roll my eyes then either extreme side going off on the other with the soldiers arguments "Liberals hate soldiers!" or "Bush doesn't care about the soldiers!"
Lately, I have taken a little solice in that 90% of the people who say that know deep down what they are saying is full of crap but they will never admit it.
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