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freshwest

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8. Yep, my first thought, too. Only good vet is a dead one. Then they're heroes.

Reply to The Magistrate (Reply #1)

Sun May 27, 2012, 11:14 PM

May 2012

It's all about the balance sheet. Soldiers who can't fight anymore are a liability to the war business.

Great way to treat people, huh?

This is what we've come to under a generation of conservative rule. Cannon fodder is discarded.

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or..."They're just lying" alp227 May 2012 #3

Yep, my first thought, too. Only good vet is a dead one. Then they're heroes. freshwest May 2012 #8

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