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sabrina 1

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8. Yes, I couldn't agree more. Cowards have no right to send other people's loved ones to do what they

Reply to sarisataka (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 02:21 AM

Nov 2013

refused to do and will not require their own loved ones to do. I would go further. Those who support these egregious, murderous wars should pay for them. Those who do not, should get a tax cut, those who do should pay a war tax. Watch what happens when they have to put their money where their mouths are. But if your conscience will not allow you to support a war, like Iraq, no way should your tax dollars be used to pay for it.

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Powerful, saddening words from one of the last living soldiers of World War One... [View all] Playinghardball Nov 2013 OP

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I agree with him. No one should take a country to an unnecessary war unless they sabrina 1 Nov 2013 #3

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Necessary or unnecessary sarisataka Nov 2013 #6

Yes, I couldn't agree more. Cowards have no right to send other people's loved ones to do what they sabrina 1 Nov 2013 #8

Amen. Octafish Nov 2013 #5

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