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Vattel

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2. Not all veterans appreciate this sort of glorification of military service.

Reply to liberal N proud (Original post)

Sat Jan 25, 2014, 05:00 PM

Jan 2014

War is an occasion for acts of courage and self-sacrifice. It is also an occasion for acts of hatred and murder. So I do not uniformly commend or condemn veterans. My grandfather was a courageous warrior, but he despised war. My friend only managed to kill an innocent bystander, and he hated his "service" in Iraq. There is no one-size-fits-all response to those who participate in war. I treat each veteran as an individual.

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For my father, who was a WWII veteran and all who serve, I will pass this along a thousand times if [View all] liberal N proud Jan 2014 OP

Goosebumps! Wow! Thank you. lamp_shade Jan 2014 #1

Not all veterans appreciate this sort of glorification of military service. Vattel Jan 2014 #2

My father never talked about what he did in the military liberal N proud Jan 2014 #4

My FIL didn't to his son, or his wife HockeyMom Jan 2014 #5

I respectfully disagree. Vattel Jan 2014 #6

Wow, goosebumps is right. Short memories will be the death of us. NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #3

Yes, AND we must make sure that sacrifice is not made based on lies. mahina Jan 2014 #7