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Flame » in reply to A liberal longs for the Army of his youth

Tom, once Soldiers were treated as expendable numbers.

You might recall that time slightly, now they call it the Viet Nam Era.

Funny thing is, I agree with a lot of what he said. Especially about the Esprit De Corps, which is holding up this time a lot better than then.

I'm no liberal, but I'm no neocon either, and lately I've been watching the news coming out of Iraq and the constant nattering about Iran.

It's giving me a sickening feeling of Deja Vu, as in the Mid 60's when the Gulf of Tonkin incident was manufactured, and the rhetoric began ramping up along with troop movement into SE Asia.

And an awful lot of good men started coming home in bags.

Iraq is a mess, probably not as bad as some make it out, and surely not as good as others want to make us think. Once more we see a lack of foresight, planning .....

Oh hell, this is flame. Not even a clue.

I now remember why I didn't cast a vote in a Presidential election last time around, the first one I missed in nearly 35 years.

I didn't trust either one as far as I can dropkick my truck. Damn sure not enough to vote for them.

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