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In reply to the discussion: Just read something truly remarkable about the Romney family ... [View all]BlueMTexpat
(15,349 posts)When someone who is running for Commander-in-Chief professes himself to be a hawk who will willingly risk the lives of our young men and women in senseless wars because he is tone-deaf to diplomacy or is so convinced of US righteousness and exceptionalism without even learning the facts of a given situation before making an ass of himself, one certainly can wonder why that person - or no one in his immediate family - has never seen firsthand by serving in the military what a destructive force war truly is.
Like so many here, every generation of my family from my grandfather on down (and I'm 68) has served in the military - WWI (my grandfather), WWII (my father) and Vietnam (my brother). My sons, fortunately, had the option not to enlist and chose to exercise it. But they are also good Democrats, i.e., they do not now and never have supported warmongering.
Those who served all firmly abhorred war - not the military per se - but war itself.
I am one who believes that ALL of us SHOULD serve our country. But I do not believe that the military is the only way to serve.
For instance, I am a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer.