Posted on 05/21/2007 6:07:13 PM PDT by elhombrelibre
Being offended interferes with clear thinking. IMO your view of the armed forces is romanticized. For example, in accounts I’ve read, armed forces staff are very political and always have been.
My ancestors also fought to preserve America's freedom. They must be rolling in their graves in disgust at the depths the Bush administration has sunk to.
Two cousins of mine were on the West Virginia in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. One died that day and is buried at the Punch Bowl. The other was lucky enough to survive. He has always been a big GOP supporter, and supported this president with enthusiasm until Iraq was invaded. He is an old man now, and he can no longer support a president or an administration who wages a war by way of deceit. Sadly he told me "This isn't my America anymore, it's not recognizable". I agree with him, and with you.
Hate? It's not hate, it's disgust and fear of a government out of control, our own government who doesn't represent the American people anymore.
My view of the armed forces is romanticized?
That is a pretty condescending thing to say. I think I have spent enough time around the military, both growing up as a brat and spending a tour in myself to understand how the military works.
What do you think-that I think there is no politics in the military, or that it is staffed and run by supermen who never make mistakes or always have the best interests of the men under them foremost in their hearts?
Yes, I get offended when someone suggests that there is a coordinated consipiracy throughout the upper levels of the military and the govenment to bleed the troops to save a few dollars. I think that is a pretty hideous accusation on your part, with not a shred of evidence to back it up, and not even any personal experience to draw on, other than what you have read in books.
How perceptive you are to see I am offended. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. I gave you the benefit of the doubt, given that it is easy to misinterpret what someone writes.
I feel nearly as much contempt for you as I do offense towards your comments. That is one of the most despicable things I have heard someone say. I expect that from the moonbat left, not from someone who would take the time to post on Free Republic.
Yes, one big barrel of laughs, isn’t it? Quite amusing.
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