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National Security & Defense

SamKnause

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1. Parents are uninformed or

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2015, 08:29 AM

Feb 2015

misinformed and they offer up their children to the Military Industrial Complex.

There is no honor is serving in today's military.

If all of the enlisted men and women would lay down their arms and refuse to fight

maybe the insanity would come to an end.

If the military brass had been prosecuted for starting illegal wars and for using torture

maybe things would be different.

Let the flaming begin.

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War Is the New Normal: Seven Deadly Reasons Why America’s Wars Persist [View all] unhappycamper Feb 2015 OP

Parents are uninformed or SamKnause Feb 2015 #1

No flame here. +1 countmyvote4real Feb 2015 #3

+infinity newfie11 Feb 2015 #5

8. Advanced education for the poor is tied to military service. tecelote Feb 2015 #2

K&R blackspade Feb 2015 #4

evening kick for a very worth while read. corkhead Feb 2015 #6