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KoKo

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19. And the worry along with that is...
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 09:14 PM
Apr 2012

They are so young they were REPROGAMMED during their growing up years...by BUSH/CHENEY WAR is GOOD/FEEDOM FIGHTERS to AVENGE "9/11!"

They don't all know anything about what the hell they are getting into..so young..and the older ones early on were National Guard brought into fight before we had the Full Force of the "Military Contractors" like Blackwater and such!

What a mess this has been. The very young..trying to be patriotic or just needing a JOB the Middle and even Older called back to FIGHT FOR FREEDOM when if they were National Guard they were in professions or doing other work and then those who had worked awhile got laid off and had no other opportunities and families who signed up. Men and Women with Children both signed up!

And where is the Media on this? They show a few segments of heart rending stories...but, for the most part we get little to NO WAR COVERAGE and only CHEESE STORIES about a few who've served who have had experiences the Nightly News or CNN can do in a SEGMENT ...and then they are forgotten!

It's dreadful. But, then...I guess I'm being what's called: "Overly Dramatic" that this stuff just SHOULD NOT BE GOING ON any more ...and shouldn't have gone on before!

Is there already a thread on this somewhere? Leopolds Ghost Apr 2012 #1
Video report from RT: US troops pose with Afghan body parts Poll_Blind Apr 2012 #2
winning hearts & minds spanone Apr 2012 #3
Why do so many folks in the muslim world despise us? Cali_Democrat Apr 2012 #4
Double irony... they were posing with the bodies of suicide bombers Leopolds Ghost Apr 2012 #5
We are "supposed to be fighting" to Avenge "9/11" and THEY are Fighting to Defend their Country KoKo Apr 2012 #18
No slack from me considering how many of these issues there have been TheKentuckian Apr 2012 #6
It's possible they are JOKERS...It's possible they WANT OUT OF THERE and it's the only Protest KoKo Apr 2012 #8
You might be right, KoKo. :-( Leopolds Ghost Apr 2012 #14
I'll do a kind vote and say one or two are doing it for fatigue... KoKo Apr 2012 #15
KoKo, did you see the Crosby/Nash reference in the OP? Leopolds Ghost Apr 2012 #16
That is Chilling...Visuals of What Manning might have gone through..."The Truth is the First to Go" KoKo Apr 2012 #17
those poor kids are pawns in an illegal and immoral war... jus-theFACTS Apr 2012 #7
Agree...while there are Rogue Psychopathic Soldiers there are also VICTIMS who thought KoKo Apr 2012 #9
I know it's not popular... jus-theFACTS Apr 2012 #10
They are responsible adults. Vattel Apr 2012 #11
You are telling me 18 Year Old Kids along with folks Conscripted because of NO Job Options are KoKo Apr 2012 #12
agreed 101% jus-theFACTS Apr 2012 #13
And the worry along with that is... KoKo Apr 2012 #19
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