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In reply to the discussion: Veteran Has Had It With Republicans: ‘Don’t You Dare Thank Me For My Military Service’ [View all]thekestrelseye
(8 posts)Thank you, my brother. God, it's good to hear veterans come out & tell the truth about what these wars are really all about. Personally, I haven't been able to feel anything but disgust, grief, & revulsion in response to these wars, because I KNOW, I've always known, what they're really like, & the real reasons why they've been fought. Words aren't adequate to express the respect & admiration I feel for you, for 1) Being & staying awake (as in fully self-aware) in the middle of Hell, & in dealing with the personal consequences later, and 2) Having the courage to speak out loudly about just what kind of hell it really all is.
Myself, I can't stand these holidays we celebrate, Veterans & Memorial Day, & for the most part now, July 4th, in honor of "Our Heroes" who got themselves sucked into these travesties, these orgies of violence, cruelty & horror, all conducted ulitmately just for massive profits to a few. For these heroes who, once trapped into it, couldn't find the guts (or the awareness), unlike yourself, to tell the truth about it.
Today you've freed me to stand up, for once & all, & say: I'm not celebrating this crap, I don't buy it, never did, & I'm not putting up with it ANY MORE.