You really hate those of us in uniform, don’t you.
You couldn’t be further from the truth. I have much respect for those in uniform, it’s not a job I’d sign up for, but should my son have done so I’d have had great respect for his choice. My nephew served 15 years in the Marines, did a good job and I’m proud of him as I am all of the individuals in the armed services.
What I am ashamed of is all of the armed forces commanders and commanders in chief since GHWB. If you’re committed to persecute a war on a justifiable enemy, then by God do it. We started a trend during the Korean war that hasn’t abated except for the first Gulf war. We pussy foot around, wanting some sort of justification from the main stream press, and when not forthcoming, backtrack and let those good men and women flounder in a war we aren’t committed to win and have no foreseeable exit strategy.
And further, why in the world is there any VA system in the first place? There isn’t any such sort of system for carpenters or plumbers. They do a job which they signed up for just like any soldier. They have to take care of their health care, why shouldn’t the enlisted man or officer? They know what the job is, what the dangers are, and what the pay is. If it isn’t commensurate with what they think they are worth don’t do it. Draftees and the like are different, but today, there’s no sense in it.
Didn’t see that one coming.
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