I will respectfully delete this post if you think it's out of bounds in your group. I do think it is important to pick our battles carefully, which means identifying the real enemy and only then striking out to crush them with lethal precision.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002437443#post223
In response to USArmyParatrooper (Reply #217)
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 10:36 AM
Kaleko
223. Your outrage is understandable.
And by 'your' I mean everybody who took offense here. Believe me, I get it. The thing is, our natural rage at being dismissed and degraded as a human being for our military service should be directed where it belongs. This outrage is precious! It is a fire that will burn off unnecessary dross and truly CHANGE things. It is wasted on some anonymous poster on a website who merely voices what millions more already think but won't say out loud. Democratic or Republican political leanings matter little in a case of intolerable unfairness such as this one. Turn the fire of your righteous wrath onto the 'grand chess masters', the war gamers in their mansions on the Hill. These are the bloodsuckers who clearly, obviously think of soldiers as expendable pawns to be used as fodder in the meat grinders of THEIR failed foreign policies.
In case it isn't clear, I'm on your side - an inveterate, life-long, incurable champion of the underdog.