One of the most valuable lessons my Grandfather taught me was, talk is cheap.
I was going to mention what I know of Russia today, and it’s involvement (along with China) with Iran. But it’s all been said before. *shrug* Bushmoron & co are pinning their hopes on the USAF’s Project Checkmate group doing to Iran what their predecessor did to Iraq in ’91. Good luck with that.
]]>What a bunch of SOBs most politicians are.
]]>After Cambodia, we were screwed out of a lot of our benefits, especially long-term, because of semantics (as in the USA). Cambodia wasn’t a *War*, it was a Peace Keeping mission (or a Police Action is another favorite the Gov uses to screw the vet’s). Tell the poor bastards fighting to survive that! Dead is dead.
I sometimes think that many shortsighted cowards in Gov would be much happier if all the soldiers they send to fight just died and saved them all the paperwork. It’d be cheaper and look better on their budgets.
Now I’m just depressing myself. *shrug*
]]>The majority of the homeless vets need psych counseling to re-enter the “real world” and the military should have been expanded fight after 9/11 to avoid this particular problem. They waited too long to start recruiting and people aren’t stupid, they aren’t going to volunteer for a combat tour every other year.
In World War II people were rotated to the front every few weeks. In Southeast Asia it was one year in and you didn’t go again until everyone else in your specialty was “given the opportunity.”
They are screw the veterans over and people don’t understand what’s going on. The “Big Lie” lives.
]]>If this is how the US treats it’s wounded soldiers, they obviously think very little about anyone (other than themselves).
Then I read such things as hundreds of thousands of veterans homeless and unable to support themselves…
Sometimes, I really hope there is karma and that it’s a real bitch.
Of course, it’s not the first time this kind of thing has happened (and not just the USA). So it’s no wonder the US is reluctant to teach young people history or even to read properly. They might learn how they would be treated if they enlist and only morons would enlist.
Oh well… same old…
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