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slightlv

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12. I'm a vet, and I'm incensed!
Mon May 12, 2025, 10:29 PM
May 12

This project wasn't my war.... I'm way older than that. But it makes no difference. These people laid their lives and the lives of their family on the line to help American soldiers and our government. And we're seeing the government throwing them back into the lion's den for no reason except maybe to make room for more white racists repub voters who'll freely donate money to trump. It's sickening. Trump (nor GW, etc) doesn't know the reason we treat enemies decently. The flip side is our American soldiers in harms way. While he's stripping the ranks of the military of people who want to be there and fight for their country, he's making it a hell of a lot harder to recruit other younger people. They've stripped ethics, patriotism, and moral obligation from recruiting. Kids these days are a lot smarter than they were when I enlisted, IMO. Or, at least, they're a lot more cynical than I was back then.

Stab our allies in the back, and we WILL be stabbed in the back in the future. Count on it.

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