Veterans symbolically discard service medals at anti-NATO rally, page 2

Originally posted by MeesterB
Seems like it wasn't important as FOX news didnt mention it.
I don't think somebody at the top liked it.

Though I suspect they wouldn't want to show anything anti-american.
well, except for the police beating the protesters

The badly outnumbered officers fought back with truncheons, and people on both sides threw punches. As police reinforcements moved in, the pack of violent protesters fled. Read more: www.foxnews.com...

Yeah right. "badly outnumbered" is a lie and the protesters didnt exactly "flee"

At one point, dozens of protesters in black clothing surged toward a much smaller group of police, throwing objects at them Read more: www.foxnews.com...

Wonder if those unidentifiable people were plants by the cops. After all it gave them a reason to push the peaceful protest out.

Funny. No mention of medal throwing protest. hmm.

so called "independent" mass media!

reply posted on 22-5-2012 @ 07:22 AM by CannibalCorpse1982

I don't know what to say. I think its a little stupid to throw your medal in the street to make a politcal statement. Its something that you earned and should be proud of. Something in some cases you literally risked your life to get and should hold on to it for all time. Oh well to each thier own

reply posted on 22-5-2012 @ 08:52 AM by Raist

Originally posted by CrimsonKapital
reply to post by leosnake

You Americans have my supreme hate, you have cost Australian and other coalition soldiers their lives for an unjust war.

I did not want war; I could not stop the war.

My government willingly sacrificed our troops as your government willingly sacrificed your troops. Your government is to blame for the loss of your troops.

You sir/ma'am have your hate placed in the wrong place. You are open arm accepting ignorance. This is a problem with a lot of people in the U.S. as well as the rest of the world.

Raist

reply posted on 22-5-2012 @ 02:20 PM by six67seven

Originally posted by Blackmarketeer
Previously posted on ATS here

Yes, this is follow up to the summit.

Blackmarketeer - I sent you a P2P message asking if you were going to follow up since the summit has passed, wondering how many veterans showed up, if they were applauded... things like that.

But I rarely check my inbox so I can't imagine others often do either.

reply posted on 22-5-2012 @ 06:40 PM by novemberecho

Wow. That was a heartbreaking video.
Beautiful. Truly beautiful.
And they Sang hero of war! Wow that's the song I posted that reminded me of this xD. It's perfect.

"a hero of war, is that what they see? Just medals and scars, so damn proud of me."

But this was beautiful.
So many of them are coming to the same realizitaion.
I dated a sniper who was still deployed, and he was considering leaving.
He called me one night and Told me.

"remember that one mission I told you about, where I had to kill innocent people? I see their faces, every night. EVERY NIGHT. And they won't go away, they won't go away."

He also said "these people I kill, they might be the bad guy to me, but what about their family and friends? They're not the bad guy to his family and friends. He might have been a father, like me. And I took him away from his kids."

I honestly just didn't know what to say. He was almost in tears. It's a difficult situation. What do I say?

But yeah. So proud of these guys. And so many more are beginning to realize it.

edit on 22-5-2012 by novemberecho because: (no reason given)

reply posted on 22-5-2012 @ 06:59 PM by TheEnlightenedOne

Originally posted by CannibalCorpse1982
I don't know what to say. I think its a little stupid to throw your medal in the street to make a politcal statement. Its something that you earned and should be proud of. Something in some cases you literally risked your life to get and should hold on to it for all time. Oh well to each thier own

If you have served in the Military and were involved in actually taking lives away thinking all alone that you were doing it for all the right reasons, then you find out that your own government lied to you and you look back at what you've done, killing innocent people for a government who's hungry for power and oil...wouldn't you throw that away too?

I WOULD!

reply posted on 22-5-2012 @ 07:03 PM by novemberecho

reply to post by TheEnlightenedOne

I feel Iike it may have been a difficult thing to do for some of them, but many of them felt as though it was very cathartic.
All I know is that our veterans need the mental care and ALL of the benefits that they were told to get. And that they deserve.

reply posted on 22-5-2012 @ 07:14 PM by CrimsonKapital

Originally posted by Raist

Originally posted by CrimsonKapital
reply to post by leosnake

You Americans have my supreme hate, you have cost Australian and other coalition soldiers their lives for an unjust war.

I did not want war; I could not stop the war.

My government willingly sacrificed our troops as your government willingly sacrificed your troops. Your government is to blame for the loss of your troops.

You sir/ma'am have your hate placed in the wrong place. You are open arm accepting ignorance. This is a problem with a lot of people in the U.S. as well as the rest of the world.

Raist

You clearly did want the war, back in 9/11 an overwhelming majority of Americans backed the invasion of Afghanistan. My government due to the ANZUS treaty was forced to back you. Our brave men have sacrificed their lives for just another lost American war. Yet instead of thanking us for our sacrifice and apologising you instead try to put the blame on US?!!?
Wow says a lot about Americans doesn't it...

reply posted on 22-5-2012 @ 07:38 PM by Raist

reply to post by CrimsonKapital

You clearly have no clue what you are talking about.

Why do you say I wanted the war? You do not know me you know nothing about many Americans. If it was so easy to stop a war you could have stopped it. I never once backed the war and it is an insult for you to say I did.

Maybe you should get to know a few Americans before you paint everyone with a broad brush. Though I guess since you do that with Americans that means all Aussies are drunks racists?

Raist

reply posted on 22-5-2012 @ 08:14 PM by CrimsonKapital

Originally posted by Raist
reply to post by CrimsonKapital

You clearly have no clue what you are talking about.

Why do you say I wanted the war? You do not know me you know nothing about many Americans. If it was so easy to stop a war you could have stopped it. I never once backed the war and it is an insult for you to say I did.

Maybe you should get to know a few Americans before you paint everyone with a broad brush. Though I guess since you do that with Americans that means all Aussies are drunks racists?

Raist

Haha, I told you the facts and you retort to calling me a racist? Where was I racist? Stop putting words in my mouth.
For your information, Australians don't draw the Americans into useless and costly wars every few years. In fact we have never asked for anything. Your too proud to even thank your allies for their sacrifice, instead you call us "racists"?
Says a lot about the Americans doesn't it?

reply posted on 22-5-2012 @ 08:21 PM by Raist

reply to post by CrimsonKapital

Your facts were saying that I wanted the war.

That is not a fact it is an outright lie. Says a lot about Aussies.

Get your facts straight. Stop painting all with the same brush. You know what happens when you assume.

Regardless I am done with your foolishness.

Have a good day.

Raist

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