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ad121rome

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9. National Service

Reply to flotsam (Original post)

Fri Jan 29, 2021, 03:36 PM

Jan 2021

Thank you for your service. I also was drafted but could not pass the physical, my loss. I think we need to restore the draft, everyone is included. We can all service our country in some fashion for at least two years. If you serve longer then offer reduced rate college or trade school after you complete your service. At least then we would all know what real service to the country is about and be extra careful about war mongering.

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My Brother's rant on FB [View all] flotsam Jan 2021 OP

THIS !!! Progressive Jones Jan 2021 #1

yup... you deserve a hug handmade34 Jan 2021 #2

Amazing, I wish my brother felt this way. redstatebluegirl Jan 2021 #3

That happened to my brother, too. wnylib Jan 2021 #12

I voted for Richard Nixon while stationed in Nam RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #18

I don't think it was disillusionment wnylib Jan 2021 #19

A shame. I'm sorry to hear about his struggles. RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #26

Goldwater to Sanders is definitely a change wnylib Jan 2021 #29

I remember the concerns about the bomb RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #31

I grew up in a very Democratic city, Erie, PA. wnylib Jan 2021 #32

I shared your outrage about Watergate when it first appeared in the media RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #34

I voted for Obama in the 2008 primary. wnylib Jan 2021 #35

Patriots? Traildogbob Jan 2021 #4

Also it is wrong to try to kill a police officer with one RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #16

That issue - admittedly a side issue in this current political climate - just chaps my ass. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2021 #20

Not a flag worshipper. Traildogbob Jan 2021 #21

The truth malaise Jan 2021 #5

I'm sorry flotsam Jan 2021 #6

yes. AllaN01Bear Jan 2021 #7

Excellent! KT2000 Jan 2021 #8

National Service ad121rome Jan 2021 #9

Thank your brother for his service for us and our Country here on DU. And thank you for the rant, SWBTATTReg Jan 2021 #10

Just losers and suckers to Cadet Bonespurs. Not to us. Evolve Dammit Jan 2021 #11

I hate that song, it's the White Nationalist anthem. Fake patriots. Pepsidog Jan 2021 #13

My brother likes it flotsam Jan 2021 #14

I loved it to before Trump appropriated it and played it before all his rallies. Pepsidog Jan 2021 #22

I try not to allow shit heads to determine what I appreciate. 11 Bravo Jan 2021 #24

Me too NHvet Jan 2021 #15

🤜🏼🤛🏼 Traildogbob Jan 2021 #23

I don't hate the song, just what they have done in co-opting it. soldierant Jan 2021 #25

+ many! N/T flotsam Jan 2021 #28

KnR. nt iluvtennis Jan 2021 #17

excellent rant Skittles Jan 2021 #27

👍🏻👏🏻 Meowmee Jan 2021 #30

Good rant. PatrickforO Jan 2021 #33