Romney's America (cartoon)

[marmar]

[Victor_c3]

1. More Romney Americans...

I was an Infantry Platoon Leader in Iraq and I lost a Bradley Fighting Vehicle on 24 JAN 2005, killing 5 of the 7 guys in it. This picture was taken during a memorial ceremony on our base after the event. 47% of these guys also had an entitlement mentality...

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[lillypaddle]

2. Sorry for your loss

and thanks for your service. Welcome to DU!

[japple]

3. Thank you for posting this great picture, Vic. 100% of these guys are entitled

to whatever we can do to help them get back what they lost while they were fighting for their country. They deserve our support, our compassion, our voices, our tax dollars.

Edit to add: WELCOME TO DU!!!! We are happy to have you with us.

[barbtries]

4. so sorry for your loss.

romney is WRONG.

[12AngryBorneoWildmen]

5. Nice bio on your profile page.

Thanks for this………….and that.

[lunatica]

6. Damn! You just make me cry

It can't have been easy to share that photo with us. Thank you.

[Kath1]

7. Thank you for your post

and even more (much more), your service. Welcome to DU!

[Ikonoklast]

8. Damn. That is a hard picture to look at.

M****r F*****g George F*****g Bush.

[malaise]

9. One of my nephews was one of the 47% in Iraq

That photo does one thing for me

[daleanime]

10. A photo like that should be an OP.

[myrna minx]

11. This made me tear up - I'm so sorry for your, and their loss.

Thank you for your service.

[sarge43]

12. Some of the 47% pay a terrible price for their 'entitlements'

May they stand in the light and have the peace denied them in this life.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. I still can't believe Romney didn't bring up the troops in his speech.

It just never even occurred to him. All he could think of was money.

[skeewee08]

15. Sorry for your loss Victor

[Victor_c3]

17. I don't know who to reply to

but thank you all for your kind words.

My military service was rough on me. It's kind of weird for me to look back on it now. Some parts seem like it was so long ago, but other parts seem like yesterday. I loved much of the military (well, all of it except for the war). Would I do it all over again? I don't know.

The pain of the loss has faded quite a bit. There are other things that I did/happened to me that are much more troubling to me about Iraq. When my unit returned back our home base, the military paid for the families of the deceased to visit us at our base in Germany. I had a chance to meet and speak with 4 of the 5 families of the deceased. One of the families was very angry at me and asked me some tough questions and some of the things really troubled me, however they deserved to have that opportunity to speak with me. I hope that I was able to provide them some closure and a better understanding of what had happened. The other families were very warm and happy to be able to meet me and the rest of the Soldiers in our platoon.

[japple]

18. Please, please, don't carry the burden on your shoulders. IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT.

I hope you are able to talk about this to friends, family, or a therapist, if needed. Please know that most of us in this country are grateful for what you have done in our name. Get back into your life. Get help if you need it. Hope you will hang out often here at DU! God bless you, brother.

[Victor_c3]

19. thank you

I've mentioned this in other posts here, but I spend a fair amount of time in/out of the VA. I hit some low points from time to time, but I'm actually a pretty easy-going positive person. Not that I don't have my issues and bad times, but I know what is important to me in my life (my two little girls) and I devote myself completely to my family.

Writing and talking about a lot of the war and Iraq is something I want to do, but a part of me holds back. There is a lot of it I don't want my friends or family members to know. My parents know I've shot people, but I never told my wife or my brother about it (although I'm sure they probably can figure it out). I'm scared out of my mind about my two daughters one day figuring out that I was in a war and asking me questions. I don't want them to think that I was some sort of a monster. Posting stuff about it on a semi-anonymous forum makes it easy to vent or at least partially clear my mind.

I really love this forum. I used to (and still go back a little bit) spend a lot of my time on a conservative forum, but you need to have thick skin to throw yourself out there like I do here over there. It's funny. I grew up believing that republicans where the only people loved the veterans - but that has proven to be further from the truth based on what I've seen in recent years. I hate how republicans somehow have the picture in their heads that they are the "true patriots" when, if you take a step back and really look at it, the democrats/liberals I believe are much more in line with the fonding father's notion of what America is and should be.

Anyways, I'm starting to ramble. Thanks again.

Victor

[jsr]

13. Spot on

[dickthegrouch]

16. If you ask me the entitlement seems to adhere to the 47% ...

who DON'T have oars in their hands.
The hubris of these idiots to be fooling themselves that that much management is necessary in a time of crisis is beyond belief.
The BEST managers roll up their sleeves and assist the team. Something Rmoney probably couldn't do even if his life depended on it.

The rich are doing their damndest to make entitlements sound bad, but after a lifetime of servitude to them by the rest of us, they'd better be prepared to meet their obligations.