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In reply to the discussion: I said this last year and it deserves repeating. We didn't fight for your freedom. [View all]snot
(10,520 posts)19. Thank you.
(But I've had to use the urban dictionary for this and the previous two threads I looked at, because people use acronyms I'm not familiar with; and urban dictionary didn't have anything for MIC that looked likely. "Man in Charge"?
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I said this last year and it deserves repeating. We didn't fight for your freedom. [View all]
upaloopa
May 2014
OP
Thanks for your thoughts, and your service, but like you said, you didnt do it for me and I didnt
randys1
May 2014
#3
Unfortunately, some of them listen to Faux and it tells them the Democrats and Obama are at fault.
freshwest
May 2014
#118
Instead of Thanks then, take comfort, many of us share your beliefs and your sorrow.
joanbarnes
May 2014
#18
the best way to honor war veterans is by only using troops when our security is in danger
yurbud
May 2014
#30
they are also bought, not just with campaign contributions, but jobs when they leave office as...
yurbud
May 2014
#128
We get cozened into it by monied interests that 'earn' more profits if we're on a war footing.
PatrickforO
May 2014
#40
I am still thinking this one through, but I think there is a chance that the Revolution was also
merrily
May 2014
#95
Thank you. This is such a tough subject because when people who believe wars are for our freedom
DesertDiamond
May 2014
#34
It has been said so many times that people assume it's as true as the law of gravity.
merrily
May 2014
#96
The only wars that I can think of that were actually fought about freedom were the Revolutionary
jwirr
May 2014
#41
That phrase makes me wince. It's the first thing that comes to mind when I think back to all
calimary
May 2014
#53
VietNam was always about ostensibly "stopping Chinese Communism," I thought (in college then).
WinkyDink
May 2014
#71
Thanks for posting. Today's "-ism" is "terrorism." During your youth it was "communism."
dballance
May 2014
#78
I get sick of hearing Presidents telling our troops they are fighting to keep us free....
Spitfire of ATJ
May 2014
#82
Well Said - Thank You - The 1% Could Care Less About Veterans Dead Or Living
cantbeserious
May 2014
#86
I'm sorry you had to go through that. Actually, that s/b the Memorial Day slogan. nt
valerief
May 2014
#102
Maybe we weren't there for any of the right reasons, but we were there. And we were there because...
marble falls
May 2014
#129
I never could understand how losing a foreign war is a threat to our freedom.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2014
#133