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News flash. A lot of people can't find work.

And yes, we go a bit overboard in our military love. I especially have a problem with blind love.

For instance, my brother in law did ROTC. He had his college paid for, got a great living allowance while in school, so he could afford to have a nice apartment, eat well, and drink plenty of beer. Now he spends his service time living in a beach side condo in FLA. He gets overpaid, plus get's a housing and food allowance, meaning he pockets everything he makes... and he'll be blindly slobbered over the same way someone who fought in battle.

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Im 100% certain that 99% of these loudmouths lack the intestinal fortitude to say any of this negative shite to a veterans face.

What a bunch of pussies.

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today it get's kind of breezed through in the news usually

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I have friends that laid down their lives in Fallujah because they were ordered not to shoot as the enemy was among civilians. No, not everybody deserves our respect that wears the uniform but we give it because of the souls that wore it before deserve that honor.

Your brother in law sounds like a tool btw

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Well, that pretty much depends on whether a Republican or Democrat is in office now, doesn't it?

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Shits been flying all weekend on this board.

I just as soon you all would just not say anything, positive or negative.

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Not really.

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Also, I think the negative stuff got more press back then, today it get's kind of breezed through in the news usually.

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Have you even read this thread?

I don't think anything negative has even been said...

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Although now it's faceless drones commiting the atrocities. Not as interesting.

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The passive aggressive shots are tasteless. People who put on a uniform take an inherent risk regardless of personal reasons for being in the service. You want top point out individuals and knock them, I understand as there are douche bags but the blanket shots are tiresome.

I stand by my earlier statement. 99% of these people would NEVER say that to a veterans face because they are pussies

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Dude, I feel sorry for anybody that resents praise for our troops today while praising the disrespect our veterans experienced during Vietnam. Wtf is wrong with you?

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What blanket statement have I made? In fact, I make the opposite of blanket statements.

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and a large amount of our soldiers represented our country very poorly. Of course people weren't going to receive them kindly, I'm glad.

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It's a team effort over there, not an individual one. Enough people acted badly to give the whole team a bad name.

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So if we watched a football game, and 6 guys did very dirty things in a game, you'd call that a dirty team. That's a lot of dirty incidents in one game. Same holds true in this case.

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a large amount of our soldiers represented our country very poorly. Of course people weren't going to receive them kindly, I'm glad.

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Please quote me in this thread where I praised the disrespect our soldiers received during Vietnam

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Well we've certainly made up for it by now. Every military person get's their feet kissed non stop.

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and a large amount of our soldiers represented our country very poorly. Of course people weren't going to receive them kindly, I'm glad.

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So if we watched a football game, and 6 guys did very dirty things in a game, you'd call that a dirty team. That's a lot of dirty incidents in one game. Same holds true in this case.

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these people would NEVER say that to a veterans face because they are pussies.

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