I am sick to death of getting chain e-mails and Facebook notices all about

[Stonepounder]

62. We adore our hired killers

so long as they are in uniform. The vast majority of ex-military are treated just like kids whose mom wanted an abortion but couldn't get one - you know, love the fetus ignore the child. Look at the horror stories out of the VA, the Repubs voting against any new spending for vets and so on. The military finally agreed that the spouse of a career military person was legally entitled to half of the pension. (Try holding any kind of a career path job if you are married to an active military.) My wife would get a bump in her Social Security if I were to die. The spouse of a career military gets their half of the pension stopped when the ex-military retiree dies. How's that for honoring our military and their spouses? Look how long the VA fought to not accept that so many vets came back from VietNam with disabilities from Agent Orange. And look now at how the meme is 'gee, depleted uranium is only harmful to the enemy'. Of course war is a racket. Google Smedley Butler.

Yes, I respect the men and women who wear/have worn the uniform, but almost always the reason for war is profit for the 1%, not to 'keep America strong/free'.