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Haggis for Breakfast

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18. My father fought in Korea, too.

Reply to patphil (Reply #12)

Mon May 27, 2019, 06:06 PM

May 2019

In Chosin.

He was badly injured when a missile landed in front of his jeep. Of the four men in the jeep, he was the only one to survive the blast. He nearly died from his injuries. I'm just glad that he is NOT around to hear this draft-dodging POS coward praise a murderous Korean dictator and disparage an American VP at the same time. I don't think his blood pressure could have tolerated it.

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Hell yes... Blue Owl May 2019 #1

Just let this sink in malaise May 2019 #2

Yes. Scarsdale May 2019 #31

And here's something from Frank Conniff (TV's Frank) Different Drummer May 2019 #3

Oh, ow. Stubby-Fingered Blobfish. eom sprinkleeninow May 2019 #6

Brutal peggysue2 May 2019 #26

Quite creative! sprinkleeninow May 2019 #28

Traitorous Lying Cheating Stubby-Fingered FAKE Blobfish. calimary May 2019 #33

Overflowing Container of Lies and Crooked Scheming Tool of Reptilicans. sprinkleeninow May 2019 #36

How Many Americans Died In Korea? struggle4progress May 2019 #4

Post removed Post removed May 2019 #5

Watoos, that is just false. Why are you doing this? Hekate May 2019 #16

Uh. They aren't. MontanaMama May 2019 #19

Not sure what's "meant" ... Hekate May 2019 #22

I think you forgot the n't on that are right there...... nt UniteFightBack May 2019 #24

Hay Richard W., when ya gonna change your middle initial to sprinkleeninow May 2019 #7

Never. WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #10

+1 million geardaddy May 2019 #34

tRump is remaking his own version of unpatriotic traitor into his follower's CiC. ffr May 2019 #8

I know my dad was wounded there. Took a year to recover. carried the shrapnel the demigoddess May 2019 #9

-- sprinkleeninow May 2019 #11

My brother fought in the Korean War patphil May 2019 #12

My father fought in Korea, too. Haggis for Breakfast May 2019 #18

He will take a shit on Omaha beach on June 6th. How many Americans died in that war? Ponietz May 2019 #13

Just a little thought experiment. Stonepounder May 2019 #14

Excellent question. Richard Painter (served under Bush Jr.) is a real patriot. Evolve Dammit May 2019 #15

Then why wasn't he speaking out Sucha NastyWoman May 2019 #27

Bingo. geardaddy May 2019 #35

See response to Stonepounder. I see your points and how short-sighted of me. Evolve Dammit May 2019 #38

Good question. I don't know what he did or didn't do, but would love to ask him directly. Evolve Dammit May 2019 #37

Are we really still at "war"? SCVDem May 2019 #17

There was never a actual end to the Korean {put tech description here}. Stonepounder May 2019 #20

K! Cha May 2019 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author brandnewday2009 May 2019 #23

This is an excellent point. I even saw Steve Cortez disagree with rump about this today...first UniteFightBack May 2019 #25

Trump the Traitor Kid Berwyn May 2019 #29

Absolutely. Let's not forget the number of N.Koreans he has in concentration camps. YOHABLO May 2019 #30

K & R...for visibility...nt Wounded Bear May 2019 #32