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peggysue2

(10,811 posts)
30. I absolutely catch your drift
Sun Sep 2, 2018, 07:39 PM
Sep 2018

For my husband, running to Canada was never an option; it just wasn't in his DNA. The Med assignment came out of the blue, seemingly based on a junior officer finding out he could . . . type. LOL. I didn't read Kovic's book but did catch the movie. Horrifying. Tom Cruise, wasn't it? Even in the movie those 'complicated' feelings towards the war were underscored, particularly the gulf between our generation and our WWII parents.

Whole different mindset back in the day.

It is done................fair winds Historic NY Sep 2018 #1
.... and following seas obamanut2012 Sep 2018 #11
Thank you, my dear peggysue2, for your moving and beautiful post... CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2018 #2
Ditto your sentiments - Peggy and Peggy. erronis Sep 2018 #8
Thank you Peggy and erronis peggysue2 Sep 2018 #14
I am hoping he has the clout to get Karma moving faster BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #3
I share that hope peggysue2 Sep 2018 #15
... and the Wheel turns. WheelWalker Sep 2018 #4
nicely written post. Good job of summing the situation up Demovictory9 Sep 2018 #5
"the last full measure of devotion" cp Sep 2018 #6
Well said. nt flying rabbit Sep 2018 #7
Pick your side... there is good ... and there is Trump world wide wally Sep 2018 #9
'Any man's death diminishes me' Marthe48 Sep 2018 #10
well said... handmade34 Sep 2018 #12
I want to believe that, too, handmade peggysue2 Sep 2018 #16
Great post Peggy! Thank you. BadGimp Sep 2018 #13
I agree, BadGimp peggysue2 Sep 2018 #20
My husband made a point of watching that today. He choked up talking to a Repub neighbor... Hekate Sep 2018 #17
Your husband and mine served around the same time then peggysue2 Sep 2018 #21
My brother and several of my friends enlisted during Viet Nam for the same reasons: maddiemom Sep 2018 #27
I absolutely catch your drift peggysue2 Sep 2018 #30
My (now former) husband, married in 1968, was a mining engineer. maddiemom Sep 2018 #32
Well-said ... kooth Sep 2018 #18
I agree, kooth peggysue2 Sep 2018 #23
Now some have actullay faulted him for, thinking on his feet, maddiemom Sep 2018 #29
Thank you, Peggy. Silver Gaia Sep 2018 #19
Thanks for the comments, Silver Gala. peggysue2 Sep 2018 #24
K&R! orangecrush Sep 2018 #22
Exceptionally well put, peggysue2. maddiemom Sep 2018 #25
Thank you, maddiemom and orange crush peggysue2 Sep 2018 #28
Flyover Video mobeau69 Sep 2018 #26
Oh my God. janx Sep 2018 #31
Yup! peggysue2 Sep 2018 #36
K&R MustLoveBeagles Sep 2018 #33
Extremely well written, reflecting a depth of thinking. NNadir Sep 2018 #34
Strange isn't it? peggysue2 Sep 2018 #35
gosh this is a good op. JHan Sep 2018 #37
Thanks, JHan peggysue2 Sep 2018 #39
Great post. My feelings, too. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #38
Thanks, honeycombe! peggysue2 Sep 2018 #40
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