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stopdiggin

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35. yes. that was genuine interest

Reply to geralmar (Reply #34)

Wed Jul 1, 2020, 03:48 PM

Jul 2020

the military almost always gets used in (some) political sense .. I think that's just part of the bag .. the difference with Trump is .. well, that a lot of it just seems so inchoate and incoherent .. do we actually have a articulate foreign policy? .. our obvious disdain and contempt for any type of treaty or accord .. and then the troubling question as to who and what are "allies" are (if in fact we have any) in our current incarnation.

It's all pretty muddled .. and if I was wearing the uniform right now, I honestly can't say what my thoughts might be.

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This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jul 2020 #31

as a vet stopdiggin Jul 2020 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jul 2020 #34

yes. that was genuine interest stopdiggin Jul 2020 #35