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After WWII the US thought it was the rightful peacekeeper of the world.
If countries want genocide and civilian wars it shouldn’t be the US’ problem, only the UN.
There were no grounds for going to war with Vietnam. Zero.
originally posted by: grey580
a reply to: Gothmog
Bone spurs. Kind of strange that a younger Trump would have them. However not unheard of in younger people. And sometimes people with bone spurs don't feel them.
In any case. I don't blame him for not wanting to go.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: Stupidsecrets
I must have missed where the Apple employees have to enter war zones and be exposed to chemicals that give them diseases that their employer will not accept accountability for.
originally posted by: RickinVa
Let that soak in....57% of the available men were given deferments for various reasons.
~ American Hero John McCain
"One aspect of the conflict, by the way, that I will never ever countenance is that we drafted the lowest income level of America, and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur. That is wrong. That is wrong. If we’re going to ask every American to serve, every American should serve."
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: Stupidsecrets
Dying in a war zone is only 1 hazard of being in a war zone. The 40k some odd veteran suicides help speak to this. As do the countless other vets that wake up in cold sweats screaming at night trying to cope with what they have lived through.
I have a few of the latter in my family. You just won't be the same after you pull your friend from a burning tank in pieces.
originally posted by: mysterioustranger
a reply to: The2Billies
You gotta understand...a lot of my high school buddies were coming home dead. And Canada is right here across the Detroit River from me..
It was a real issue then. Burn the draft cards, burn the bras...prob death in a far off land....or swim a 1/2 mile to Windsor, Ontario.
You had to be there, involved, affected...otherwise, one hasn't a concept of what it was like.*
*Thanks to all who served!
originally posted by: The2Billies
originally posted by: mysterioustranger
a reply to: The2Billies
You gotta understand...a lot of my high school buddies were coming home dead. And Canada is right here across the Detroit River from me..
It was a real issue then. Burn the draft cards, burn the bras...prob death in a far off land....or swim a 1/2 mile to Windsor, Ontario.
You had to be there, involved, affected...otherwise, one hasn't a concept of what it was like.*
*Thanks to all who served!
If someone ran across the border, and stayed there, well at least they truly abandoned their country - but coming back to the US - cowards and vermin. Sorry I don't agree with you at all. The worst was these very vermin spit on my father and husband both and called them wretched names for years for being veterans, when they were traitors.