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edhopper

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4. I think this is the right time to do it

Mon May 27, 2019, 10:04 AM

May 2019

This is when we are talking about those who died. If not now when" When it is a back burner issue, nobody is thinking about?

We cannot simply honor the sacrifice of the 7500 service people who have died since 9/11 or the 55,000 who died in Vietnam without confronting the wrongness of the wars they died in.

I see it like talking about gun control, the aftermath of a mass shooting IS the time to discuss it.

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Can we honor our soldiers while condemning the wars they fought? [View all] edhopper May 2019 OP

It was a easier to condemn a war without condemning the service members that fight in it when we had Nitram May 2019 #1

I guess in general you can but on Memorial Day I think it's in poor taste. nt UniteFightBack May 2019 #2

I think this is the right time to do it edhopper May 2019 #4

I'm just trying to think if I had lost someone personally that I was honoring on Memorial Day I UniteFightBack May 2019 #7

I understand edhopper May 2019 #11

I lost a close relative in Iraq jayschool2013 May 2019 #13

Thank you edhopper May 2019 #15

Yeah its inappropriate and I find the thanks insincere tymorial May 2019 #6

It's not edhopper May 2019 #12

THANKS! jayschool2013 May 2019 #14

As a family member with vets from the Great War forward...no Thekaspervote May 2019 #3

We cannot edhopper May 2019 #5

Memorial Day is a poor choice mnhtnbb May 2019 #8

And I think edhopper May 2019 #10

Absolutely we can. bearsfootball516 May 2019 #9

I can. Iggo May 2019 #16

A Veteran agrees with me edhopper May 2019 #17