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Ping Tung

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7. I managed to spend 4 years not killing people. I'm damned glad I didn't.

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 07:48 PM

Sep 30

USMC 1961 - 1965

At the time, and still, I couldn't come up with a reason to kill someone I didn't know, had nothing against, to get LBJ's anti-commie creds burnished.

“Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.”

― Bertrand Russell

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Current or ex Military DUers, how do you feel about this description of your service? [View all] senseandsensibility Sep 30 OP

Meh. I consider the source. marble falls Sep 30 #1

What do you expect from an alcoholic misogynist. Nt BootinUp Sep 30 #2

It's almost as bad as the president calling us suckers and losers. Emile Sep 30 #3

You have a point senseandsensibility Sep 30 #5

In a word. usonian Sep 30 #4

It's not original. TomSlick Sep 30 #6

I managed to spend 4 years not killing people. I'm damned glad I didn't. Ping Tung Sep 30 #7