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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton is a "populist leaning liberal" on the issues, [View all]and I do realize that I was stupid to ever believe that we as a country learned our lessons after Vietnam and that our military would only be used to make the world a better place and/or to actually defend ourselves. I joined in 1997 and took an ROTC scholarship in 1998 that committed me to 4 years of military service from 2002-2006. In 1998 when I took the scholarship, I had no idea that a war like Iraq was on the horizon.
Politicians took advantage of the our military and the good-hearted intentions of people like me for their own political gain. Hillary Clinton along with most/all of the people who voted to support that war in Iraq are prime examples of that.
I was a total sucker and there is nothing I can do now to undo anything in the past. But I can sure as hell do my best to prevent it from happening again. Hillary Clinton and those sorts of people who make decisions based solely on the facts that acting one way or another will improve their prospects of holding a higher office in the future are the type of politician we need to keep out of office.