My son just spent 9 months in Eastern Afghanistan training the Afghanis

[A-Long-Little-Doggie]

And they were quite good at using the cannons when he left. Asshole.

[MichiganVote]

1. And we respectfully salute your son. Thank you.

Liberals are NOT anti war. Liberals are anti bad war.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. + Zillion

[pkdu]

3. Only way to improve on that would has inserted...

"who is same age as yourself and mr Romneys boys"

[A-Long-Little-Doggie]

4. He is much younger, at 24

But he did get a kick out of the Afghanis asking him why he wasn't married yet!

[AaronMayorga]

5. A True Hero

My uncle, who is 25, is currently in Afghanistan on his fourth tour. Ryan is indeed an asshole.

[A-Long-Little-Doggie]

10. Wow, 4 tours...

I can't even imagine. My best to you and your family.

And welcome to DU!

[Risen Demon]

6. A salute to him from a fellow servicemember

And I agree with an above post. Just because you're a liberal doesn't mean you don't support our military. It means you don't support crooked wealthy aristocrats controlling your fate. Military spending isn't the problem: if it's actually spent on GOVERNMENT military. The problem is war profiteers and private interest groups.

[Nevernose]

7. My (former) foster son is there now

I'm glad your boy is home.

[A-Long-Little-Doggie]

8. Good luck to your son, and best wishes to you

That was the longest 9 months of my entire life. My hope is that your son will also come home safe and sound.

[MichiganVote]

9. Hoping he comes home well and healthy.