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As a vet I ask that if you want to thank a vet you do so by fulfilling your duties as a citizen and demanding our leaders get the troops out of these meaningles
by Dennis_ 17y ago
As a vet I ask that if you want to thank a vet you do so by fulfilling your duties as a citizen and demanding our leaders get the troops out of these meaningless wars at once. Thank yous and letters of appreciation and "Veterans Day" are a slap in the face to people who choose to risk their lives with the belief that it will only be done in the most dire and extraordinary of circumstances.
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- Dennis_ 17y agoI enlisted a year before 9/11 so I am just speculating here but I chose to enlist because I was done with HS and had very few prospects for a job and I knew I would just flunk out of college. So I chose the military as something to do to see the world and learn some skills that would help me in the future. The patriotism/ protecting my family/ country was a distant second. So my theory is that kids that enlist are in the same boat as I was. They have just completed 12 years of statist indoctrination, watched all the movies celebrating war, are praised by friends and family for the idea of enlisting, and have few job prospects (especially with today's economy). Just my .02
- koepked 17y agoI'm not replying to start a debate with Dennis_, but I'd like to say, as a vet myself, that any appreciation, however big or small, is appreciated.