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I appreciate your viewpoint, but I disagree, as do the Joint Chiefs. I could reserve my indignation, anger and disgust, but for what?

Sure, this was a "cartoon". I think I have a pretty good sense of humor (a conceit nearly everyone has, I suppose) but because something is stylized or fictionalized, that does not make it less offensive.

I hate to make any analogy to the Jews and Nazis, because a thoughtful person might invoke "Godwin's Law" and invalidate my viewpoint, but I think it is valid. On second thought, I don't even need to, because you know where I am going.

The point I make is, if we, as a society, cannot stick up for those who have stuck up for us (such as all the men portrayed by the fictionalized character in the "cartoon") then where have we ended up? We owe it to those men. They deserve our support when they serve in war or peace, when legislation is on the line to benefit them, when they head off to fight, when they return from war, and most of all, when they are in a hospital bed.

I apologize for the tenor, but I feel pretty strongly about this thing. As I said, I understand your point, but I feel differently.

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