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2. I'm Just Saying If I Had A Kid That Wanted To Enlist In The Military....
Wed Aug 9, 2017, 04:50 PM
Aug 2017

Last edited Wed Aug 9, 2017, 05:50 PM - Edit history (1)

I would dissuade them from doing it - because we have a loose cannon in the White House that really doesn't care about my kid - he just cares about how his ego will be stoked.

I feel so sorry for the parents that already have their kids in the military. How do they sleep at night?

I know that I should be thinking - patriotism - and it's noble to die for one's country. But how do I justify that when you have a madman like Trump going off with 'fire and fury' comments.

Yesterday - whether they meant it or not - Trump put all our American Citizens and Military on the Island of Guam - in harms way.

How could one do that to our own citizens? What was Trump thinking?

Beyond that - if I was just married and considering starting a family - I'd have to think long and hard about that decision. Do I want my kid to grow up in a world where he/she is going to be raised in a stressed out environment all their life?

I'm and old geezer. But I feel for the youth of our nation that will have to deal with a world where there is total disregard for them.

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