I was born in '68. I was on the Korean DMZ just at the end of Gulf War I.
Does anyone think this statement means anything at all to me? Or anyone my age?
It's a hippy thing, and I don't understand.
" It's a hippy thing, and I don't understand."
No. It is an anti-war activist thing. They are doing exactly what anti-war movement activists did during the Vietnam War.
And if you have at all researched that movement you will realize it was strongly backed by card carrying Communists.
It had nothing to do with "a hippy thing" Hippys where simply losers by birth, who took to drugs and the easy way out. Can't hack the system so drop out and be a bum. These folks are just dead set against the war. Of course it is their right as American citizens to do what they are doing.
But surely they should understand they are giving aid to the enemies of the United States by their actions. This is precisely the stuff Laden and Zarqawi types want to see happen. You can be sure they are using it in their recruitement programs to enlist new Jihadist with hope.
So their protest are aiding the enemy. Tis that simple.
"It's a hippy thing, and I don't understand."
I can't TELL you how glad many of us baby boomers are to hear this. For those of us who endured the 60s in our formative years and then grew up to become responsible adults, all of this anti-war, anti-establishment, tie-dyed, narcissistic kumbaya BS is just that - BS.