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I Wonder If This Veteran Saw This..... global1 Jul 2015 #1
Now if a few million more vets would figure this out. SoapBox Jul 2015 #2
That is the problem SoLeftIAmRight Jul 2015 #91
I'm glad he said it too Hydra Jul 2015 #3
WMD's my ass shadowmayor Jul 2015 #4
On behalf of every one of us who protested, wrote letters, Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #14
+1 - thanks for keeping this topic front and center! erronis Jul 2015 #76
+1000 G_j Jul 2015 #15
Outstanding. H2O Man Jul 2015 #16
Thank you, Shadow. Wilms Jul 2015 #18
+1 a huge bunch! Enthusiast Jul 2015 #19
K&R newfie11 Jul 2015 #20
Your athenticity and sincerity come through loudly in your post... hlthe2b Jul 2015 #21
+ another Scuba Jul 2015 #22
Please stick around. Smarmie Doofus Jul 2015 #24
K & R JohnnyLib2 Jul 2015 #25
Shadowmayor, well said. Thank you. Nitram Jul 2015 #27
What Taz said, yes, that. DeadLetterOffice Jul 2015 #28
Thank you for this post They_Live Jul 2015 #29
+1. bemildred Jul 2015 #30
Great post, GGJohn Jul 2015 #31
++ bahrbearian Jul 2015 #32
Please take this post and give it its own thread. Loki Jul 2015 #33
Frustrating Scarsdale Jul 2015 #133
+1000 MissDeeds Jul 2015 #37
Be sure to thank Hillary, too, if you see her. moondust Jul 2015 #40
HRC don't need no stinkin' Geneva Conventions! Never did - never will! Divernan Jul 2015 #95
It's times like this that I truly wish I believed in hell. I'd wish that ALL those responsible rhett o rick Jul 2015 #127
You are the voice of reason. Baitball Blogger Jul 2015 #41
This should be another opening post! B Calm Jul 2015 #43
Thank you for this. mountain grammy Jul 2015 #45
They thought that they could adolpt American values... Human101948 Jul 2015 #62
Thank you for that history, much of which I didn't know. mountain grammy Jul 2015 #74
Yes, MLK spoke about how those letters were ignored. nt kelliekat44 Jul 2015 #80
+1 azmom Jul 2015 #47
Wish you ran for real President. Octafish Jul 2015 #48
war is a racket, and I have long held that the Iraq war was one of the cruelest ruses ever played on Fast Walker 52 Jul 2015 #49
recommended bigtree Jul 2015 #51
Ditto from the 60s...they said the 90s would stand the 60s on it's proverbial head. Indeed. libdem4life Jul 2015 #52
+1 historylovr Jul 2015 #53
Powerful post panader0 Jul 2015 #54
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS Martin Eden Jul 2015 #55
You don't hear that so much anymore, do you? Support our Troops? Frustratedlady Jul 2015 #59
+1 I considered any car with that fucking ribbon to be a threat to me and the other drivers. L0oniX Jul 2015 #75
I always follow Support Our Troops with.... peace13 Jul 2015 #134
Thanks. "ISIS was formed in our prisons" - likewise, the Islamic Brotherhood closeupready Jul 2015 #56
+1000 heaven05 Jul 2015 #58
At WWII's ending, German citizens were made to see. chknltl Jul 2015 #61
Thank you for this post! Gemini Cat Jul 2015 #63
Unfortunately the people of Iraq just happened live above a very large pool of petroleum; and... Raster Jul 2015 #64
K&R to this passionate post... hwmnbn Jul 2015 #65
Like Vietnam The Wizard Jul 2015 #66
No one can say it better brer cat Jul 2015 #67
Too true. kenfrequed Jul 2015 #69
+1 from an old late 1960's war protester with forever changed friends who came home. L0oniX Jul 2015 #71
Say it loud and often The Polack MSgt Jul 2015 #78
+ 1,000,000,000 What You Said !!! WillyT Jul 2015 #82
I'm an Iraq war vet myself Victor_c3 Jul 2015 #83
Please know that you have a home here, Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #88
+1 geardaddy Jul 2015 #84
Thank you for your story Shadow. I am sorry for the burden you bear. raouldukelives Jul 2015 #85
We need more people like you in this counry. herding cats Jul 2015 #93
Please continue to post as your remember more fadedrose Jul 2015 #94
+1: three words: Sons. of. Iraq. MisterP Jul 2015 #98
Thank you for this post, shadowmayor. Eloquent, devastating, and must be communicated widely. seafan Jul 2015 #100
Thankyou LiberalLovinLug Jul 2015 #103
Please post this as an OP. bvar22 Jul 2015 #104
Best post I've ever read on this site WilliamPitt Jul 2015 #105
Thanks for every word of this post. gvstn Jul 2015 #106
Yes........ MyOwnPeace Jul 2015 #108
Yes, please make a separate thread of this catchnrelease Jul 2015 #111
thank you! for your post. and honesty. and having a conscience. Voice for Peace Jul 2015 #112
Both parties want us to move on.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #115
Please, make this an OP. marym625 Jul 2015 #117
worthy of its own thread Skittles Jul 2015 #121
Truly outstanding post CrawlingChaos Jul 2015 #124
As Le Taz Says, Please Do Not Allow Your Moving Words to Remain Buried in a Comment Stream (nfm) The Roux Comes First Jul 2015 #126
Thank you for writing this stopwastingmymoney Jul 2015 #128
Kick, kick, kick!!! Heidi Jul 2015 #129
Dude. More like Light Mayor. byronius Jul 2015 #130
thank you! nt steve2470 Jul 2015 #131
None of these guys were voted in... MrMickeysMom Jul 2015 #132
Thank you, brother. I love you with a flaming heart. thekestrelseye Jul 2015 #138
The whole "hero" thing is a ruse. Cassidy1 Jul 2015 #5
I don't need DoD to tell me to honor the troops pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #6
+1000. GGJohn Jul 2015 #9
^THIS^ cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #23
I saw a Wounded Warriors commercial this morning underpants Jul 2015 #39
Well said. I'm former USAF. I think you captured it perfectly. stevenleser Jul 2015 #87
Why do you put the word service like this? GGJohn Jul 2015 #8
Words are put in quotes when they don't mean what someone suggests they mean. Cassidy1 Jul 2015 #12
You're wrong, GGJohn Jul 2015 #26
It's not our service... it's what the country DOES with that service... Bigmack Jul 2015 #68
I agree, but the poster I was replying to had it all wrong GGJohn Jul 2015 #70
No insult taken. Cassidy1 Jul 2015 #107
Just curious salimbag Jul 2015 #110
I started out as a WO1, GGJohn Jul 2015 #118
Thanks John salimbag Jul 2015 #120
I flew Slicks and Snakes doing troop insertions and CGS ops, GGJohn Jul 2015 #122
Sick! Fast Walker 52 Jul 2015 #44
You ever serve? GGJohn Jul 2015 #50
I don't think it would surprise you that I have not Fast Walker 52 Jul 2015 #89
Did you ever serve? Cassidy1 Jul 2015 #109
Yes, I did serve our country and I proudly served. eom. GGJohn Jul 2015 #119
As a Viet Nam Vet bluestateboomer Jul 2015 #7
Concerning W, Cheney, Rumsfeld and the other Republican hacks that killed all these people... PatrickforO Jul 2015 #10
When this happens Caretha Jul 2015 #137
K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Jul 2015 #11
This veteran salutes Jim Adams! Scuba Jul 2015 #13
And now Dumbya who sent them to war on his lies malaise Jul 2015 #17
A Veterans' CHARITY event to be exact! calikid Jul 2015 #113
They are shameless malaise Jul 2015 #116
this deserves to go viral samsingh Jul 2015 #34
That letter might be the best response to Republican hypocrisy I've ever seen. ladjf Jul 2015 #35
thank you for your courage ellennelle Jul 2015 #36
This harkens to another age of American veterans from World War I the "Bonus March". gordianot Jul 2015 #38
As a veteran myself, I never could understand why veterans vote republican. K&R B Calm Jul 2015 #42
That and people who work for a living. lonestarnot Jul 2015 #72
The service members in my family are still right wing. peace13 Jul 2015 #136
I think of you and others like you every single day. democrank Jul 2015 #46
this should be the response from every veteran spanone Jul 2015 #57
Kicking for the vets navarth Jul 2015 #60
Party Neutral DustyJoe Jul 2015 #73
K&R Killing for lies must be a most horrible truth to realize. raouldukelives Jul 2015 #77
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #79
k and r + gazillion niyad Jul 2015 #81
R#195 & K for, I've been saying this for years. The local radio wingnut lectured me UTUSN Jul 2015 #86
BOOM! merrily Jul 2015 #90
Actually, the Repubs are quite correct to thank the troops for their service brentspeak Jul 2015 #92
+ 1,000,000,000 lark Jul 2015 #96
If only all of them would wake up. Sadly most either don't vote or are repubs. craigmatic Jul 2015 #97
On top of that, SmittynMo Jul 2015 #99
Plus a private jet from Dallas to Houston spiderpig Jul 2015 #101
Un frickin believable SmittynMo Jul 2015 #102
I wish that he could go on every TV and say this. Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2015 #114
Brilliant Post Thespian2 Jul 2015 #123
Truth amuse bouche Jul 2015 #125
Thanks for writing this. peace13 Jul 2015 #135
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