Memorial Day with my fellow vets

Yea, that means nothing. Try harder. Like something with substance or some backing for what you are spewing.
Every service man you see you should walk up to and thank. You should talk to families of fallen soldiers and understand what thier sacrifice means.
You are just a spoiled little punk that never worked or fought for any thing in life and resent those of us that have.

 

My service was bi-partisan. I burned villages for Johnson and Nixon. Tell me how that had anything to do with defending America?

Are you going to tell me that wars started by Democrats are wrong and those started by Republicans are glorious?

 

Both are equally at fault.

 

Thank them for what... killing children in countries where they have no place being? No thanks. I'm not a murderer and I don't condone murder.

Those soldiers didn't think of their families when they elected to go kill children in countries where they have no business being... why should I thank them for their sacrifice when it's one that never should have been made?

 

Militarily, we lost in Vietnam. We gave it a good try though.

Economically we have enslaved most of the third world. And soon here, if folks who think like you have their way.

 

Speaking of Memorial Day, its purpose seems to be a little vague at times.

I know its basic purpose is to honor and remember those service members who died while serving their country. But how is that defined? Serving their country how? In combat?

For example would it include soldiers who died natural or accidental deaths while serving at a stateside military post? After all, they did die while serving their country.

Maybe a soldier has to be serving in a specific manner. If a soldier died a natural or accidental death, he was probably goofing off and wasn't actually serving his country when he passed away. However, if he/she was doing some meaningful state-side task related to defense such as training exercises, maneuvers, loading munitions, etc., would that be basis for Memorial Day recognition?

 

Sorry you had to go. I would never say it would have been easy nor would it not have a chilling effect.
But the US government had to show the communists what we would do over a worthless little dirt spot in SE Asia to prove to them how vigorous we would fight on our home turf.
Unfortuntatly over 50K men had to die to prove it and countless lost as well as thousands that lived yet were never the same.
We can argue the merits of Viet Nam all day and get no where, but our issue needs to be what to do now and in the future.
Obama was given a chance to call it a day in Afganistan, and he hasnt.
Iraq was given 17 chances by the UN to lay bare its arsenal, and didnt. And the US being the business end of the UN, we ended up there. Not that that bothered GW too much seeing as he wanted to finish daddy's war.
But Iraq should have been an in and out war and if we left it a mess and Iran took it over? So what?

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I disagree, we have spent billions if not trillions the world over in third world nations. But the enslavers are thier own governments. Not us.

 

The US won the military phase of the war but lost politically when the peaceniks in the US sided with the North Vietnamese instead of their own country.

 

Your hatred of the US is duly noted and you need not continue. I actually feel sorry for you that you are so narrow minded and filled with hate towards the men that not only protect your way of life but have tried to thier deaths to give better lives to those abroad.
I will ignore you from here on out.

 

Wel lost the war when it became a game of sorts.
We kept a running tally of body counts and tonnage of bombs dropped.
They kept a running tally of how long before we leave.

 

Oh, I see, you are confussed. You are talking about the IMF, not the military. Glad we cleared that up.

 

Substitute US for North Korea and I imagine that same sentiment has been echoed by kim jong-un.

 

That was the political war to win the hearts and minds of American lib peaceniks.

The communists won that war even as they suffered massive beat-downs in the shooting war in Vietnam.

 

You know I think there was a poster in another thread that mentioned they hated Memorial Day threads, because they are always trashed by (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*) libs who just can't contain themselves.

My suggestion to libs, would be to please simply try and ignore the threads and allow those who love their country, and who genuinely wish to honor those who have given their all for their country.

 

Dang! Don't hold back son, let it all out.

I couldn't agree more. Well said.

 

You say that Obama hates this country. I say that he doesn't. I'm right; you're wrong (and pretty hateful to boot).

Memorial Day is not about veterans at all. This story doesn't ring true.

 

Wow! Just wow...how does a person even remotely begin to respond to such utter cluelessness as this...Wow! Just wow.

 

It kills me that the biggest sissies in the country think they live here by chance and it just all happend that way just for them.
Never once giving a thought as to how thier and our way of life is protected EVERYDAY by our military and our service members.
I guess as long as they got cable tv, xbox and cheetoes everything is good.

 

I can see why someone would feel the way you do.

I once felt the same way. I wasn't drafted. I spent 8 years making the world safe for democracy. But then one day I started reading.

I feel differently than you because I had access to facts that ,it seems, you don't.

Your take on Iraq is the one you'd get if you got all your information from cable news shows.
During the days the mainstream TV news was telling us that "Muslims hate us for our freedom" Knight-Ridder was reporting that Iraq made an 11th. hour plea for the U.S. to send any inspectors they wanted, anywhere they wanted to inspect. They were also reporting that nuke folks who didn't work for the administration knew there was no weapons program.

Have you ever thought about why communism was bad before we could make money in China, but as soon as they sell us cheap stuff communism is all forgotten in the news?

We are engaged in eternal war and it won't make any difference which party holds the presidency. Your political ideology is just some fluff you are given to rally behind. Demo/Repub , it doesn't matter that much. They all answer to the same pockets.

Have a thoughtful Memorial Day.

 

I know its hard, but just ignore the loser. The internet is full of America haters. They can get on here and spew all the hate and frustration in thier little minds with no impact.
But like I said, if he really feels that way. VFW posts are full of guys that would just love to give them a better explaination of what it means to respect our military.

 

Obama and his wife hate this country.

Michelle admitted it and Obama proved it in 2007 when he refused to salute the flag during the national anthem.

 

And from the "I have no idea what loving my country is and I surely can't tell when some one else does or does not but I'm going to embarrass myself any way" files, we get this little gem.

 

We went to Iraq on Bush's desires. I know that, which is why I voted for McCain in the primaries.
When he was elected I told my wife at the time, "watch we will be back in Iraq in no time". Then 9/11 happend and I got home that day in a daze and told her, here is his reason.
Now, if someone tried to kill my dad. And I end up with my finger on the trigger of the worlds most powerful military, I dont know that I wouldnt do the same.
And none of that came from cable news.
We also gave Saddam many many months to prepare and capitulate to the UN. He didnt. He waved his sabre right up till the end.
Saddam would still be in power today, but he didnt listen or want to listen to people that were actually trying to save his ass.

 

...and progressive leftists to tell them what and how to think...

 

Hi. I am going to talk to you like a child and I don't want you to take it personally, because I have no idea who you are personally... so it is not personal.

Or... the intel of the covoys going to syria were accurate. If not... it was a great fall guy. We can debate that later.

The muslims who attacked our diplomatic outpost and CIA annex blamed a video disparaging Mohamed. Are they wrong? Because that was the "intel" the CIA promoted, with the administration, as to what happened.

I realize you see this as corroborative. What I see is... wtf was Cairo about.

Tell me what you know of Ansar al-Sharia(h)