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rrneck

(17,671 posts)
50. W and Co. lied to the American people to garner support for those wars.
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 09:54 PM
Jan 2013

Some people believed those lies, and not a few of them gave their lives for it. Others joined up because they had little opportunity to do otherwise. Still others were just plain patriotic. In the end it was a rich man's war and a poor man's fight. It does no good to lambaste those who sacrificed, and military service is a sacrifice, for the mistakes of the civilians who got us into that mess. The military serves at the pleasure of civilian leadership. This means you. If you want to go blaming anybody, blame yourself.

of course people who have never served can criticize, and they do Skittles Jan 2013 #1
This. Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #5
you got it, Adsos Letter Skittles Jan 2013 #12
Does this entitle me to one "You may dodge one ass-kicking" card? Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #34
you know you'd pay me for one Skittles Jan 2013 #36
! Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #39
Hell, Skittles, I'll give you all my comic books, cliffordu Jan 2013 #109
how big is that, er, plaster cast? Skittles Jan 2013 #134
Uh..... cliffordu Jan 2013 #136
You are right Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #55
This Recursion Jan 2013 #22
Agree Solly Mack Jan 2013 #43
They often are nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #48
That's what gets me the most about people like those in the OP RomneyLies Jan 2013 #69
A doctor if I remember correctly. nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #74
There was also a captain and there was a major who first volunteered to go to Afghanistan RomneyLies Jan 2013 #79
At this point...popcorn nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #2
Nah, enlisted aren't to blame for the war RedCappedBandit Jan 2013 #3
They aren't at fault for what the government did, but they are responsible for their own actions. white_wolf Jan 2013 #8
Makes about as much sense as blaming Wal-Mart door greeters for the evils of corporations Major Nikon Jan 2013 #20
Like I said, they're individuals. RedCappedBandit Jan 2013 #52
No offense but that is a dumb comment to make. If I remember right Bush/Cheney were lying southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #88
I would add that people don't join the military for patriotic or ideological reasons Major Nikon Jan 2013 #111
Well I know my dad and father-in-law both joined because of WWII but both liked the southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #115
They don't decide their mission iiibbb Jan 2013 #145
One does not have to be able to even boil water, much less cook a meal TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #4
I have two brothers who prove military intelligence is an oxymoron. liberal N proud Jan 2013 #6
I have an nephew who does the same. white_wolf Jan 2013 #10
You are aware that the line of demarcation nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #51
Oh, c'mon nadin... Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #64
Of course it is nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #66
Don't blame E-1s for obeying orders in combat coming from O-10s reporting to the Commander in Chief. jody Jan 2013 #7
Those E-1s choose to enlist. white_wolf Jan 2013 #9
No job, no prospect of a job, no way to afford college… Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #15
Then we need to bring jobs back to this country. white_wolf Jan 2013 #29
why do you think we are invading those countries?? Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #77
That's possibly the most naive thing (I'm being extremely charitable) I've ever read here. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #95
........... Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #105
Sorry. This is DU after all and one can never be sure. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #138
One can argue that you are just as guilty for not providing alternatives for these people. Kaleva Jan 2013 #104
No, you never "have to" enlist, period. Not one person capable of filling out the enlistment Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #92
Thank you for bringing some sanity to this thread. Scuba Jan 2013 #97
Those E-1s enlist to serve under CIC Obama you helped elect. If they have been misled as you claim, jody Jan 2013 #16
And many did to escape the hood nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #17
If jobs were out there, at living wages, I am betting a good number of recruits would not join. white_wolf Jan 2013 #32
Perhaps you missed this by a mile. nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #35
Blah blah blah cliffordu Jan 2013 #110
You elected or failed to elect representatives to give the military their objectives iiibbb Jan 2013 #146
Oh dear theKed Jan 2013 #11
See post 87. eom RomneyLies Jan 2013 #13
... pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #18
pardon me RomneyLies Jan 2013 #21
RomneyLies xoom Jan 2013 #63
See Post 91. eom RomneyLies Jan 2013 #70
RomneyLies xoom Jan 2013 #71
You do know that I love you, brother. cliffordu Jan 2013 #114
Back atcha, brother pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #118
ONE day in the sun, one day in the rain "over there" cliffordu Jan 2013 #121
RomneyLies xoom Jan 2013 #65
You can't criticize the military... Bigmack Jan 2013 #14
I agree GP6971 Jan 2013 #58
Agreed Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #90
There is nothing soldiers abhor most than war nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #94
This Recursion Jan 2013 #99
+47% nt pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #103
So why aren't willing to lay down your life to stop these crimes cliffordu Jan 2013 #116
Translation, please... nt Bigmack Jan 2013 #149
It's bullshit. OTOH if your exposure to the military is Hollywood Recursion Jan 2013 #19
+1 Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #24
hey recursion, check out the holiday pic emailed to me from Marines in Afghanistan Skittles Jan 2013 #31
High five Recursion Jan 2013 #37
Hey. When was the last time I said I loved ya??? cliffordu Jan 2013 #117
you would have laughed at this Skittles Jan 2013 #133
Rofl.... cliffordu Jan 2013 #137
. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #61
I take a perverse satisfaction when people criticize military service Recursion Jan 2013 #72
clicked your OP just to say "horse shit," only to find that we think pretty much alike.... mike_c Jan 2013 #23
I'm curious, where have you heard that here? I've heard it elsewhere, and dismissed it as bullshit, 11 Bravo Jan 2013 #25
I agree, short of someone at your front door pointing a gun at your head, or Hitler, there is 4 t 4 Jan 2013 #26
If you had any clue how woefully DevonRex Jan 2013 #27
Does that mean we should be applauding the MIC theKed Jan 2013 #100
K&R, that is just one lame talking point among many others quinnox Jan 2013 #28
Right and/or wrong, you have a right to your own understandings & so do others. & patrice Jan 2013 #30
If you've never served linbarkertx Jan 2013 #33
'First, when the the Westboro Baptist Church start posting threads here?' marmar Jan 2013 #38
This message was self-deleted by its author RomneyLies Jan 2013 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author marmar Jan 2013 #44
Yep. Why the fuck not?? cliffordu Jan 2013 #119
and let me guess, they are a dirty commie as well quinnox Jan 2013 #41
Wow you really are pathetic. white_wolf Jan 2013 #53
Now you sound like the anti-Obama people. I'll critizize who I want loyalkydem Jan 2013 #40
Did you read past the thread title? white_wolf Jan 2013 #49
The military can not invade nations without orders from the civilian government. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2013 #45
That was Heinlein's idea in Starship Troopers. The vets simply said nobody else votes, and that was leveymg Jan 2013 #46
Nice to know I'm not the only starship troopers fan loyalkydem Jan 2013 #142
I read it as a warning not a User's Guide leveymg Jan 2013 #148
. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #47
W and Co. lied to the American people to garner support for those wars. rrneck Jan 2013 #50
rrneck bullseye! nt jody Jan 2013 #54
Bravo! RomneyLies Jan 2013 #56
Indeed. n/t Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #57
Why I didn't vote for Bush or the Congress. white_wolf Jan 2013 #59
Just plain bullshit. rrneck Jan 2013 #62
How so? I had nothing to do with the wars. I didn't elect the people who voted for them. white_wolf Jan 2013 #67
That's a cheap cop out. rrneck Jan 2013 #91
so all the troops are patriotic heroes? quinnox Jan 2013 #60
Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #83
give me a fucking break quinnox Jan 2013 #93
Just because you alerted on that Drunken Irishman post, I'll post it again: cliffordu Jan 2013 #124
nope, I didn't alert on it, that is why I was in the middle of typing a reply to it quinnox Jan 2013 #127
. Bobbie Jo Jan 2013 #129
Thanks, cliffordu Jan 2013 #130
+1 LiberalLoner Jan 2013 #140
No, they are not partiotic heros. rrneck Jan 2013 #87
Kinda painting with a REALLY broad brush, right? cliffordu Jan 2013 #128
"painting with a broad brush" is exactly what I thought the post I was responding to quinnox Jan 2013 #132
I liked the line from Dr. Zhivago Recursion Jan 2013 #76
I never served in the military. rrneck Jan 2013 #96
Criticize them all you want from your computer. MicaelS Jan 2013 #68
Oh wow the vets can kick my ass. white_wolf Jan 2013 #73
For the record nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #78
No Vet who takes the oath seriously will cause you any harm atreides1 Jan 2013 #80
Criticizing vets won't get you beat up Recursion Jan 2013 #84
Yup nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #86
So that's how you really feel about those freedoms? Mariana Jan 2013 #107
So vets are bully's? Logical Jan 2013 #143
Since you are a soldier in a war against reason Herlong Jan 2013 #75
Tell someone who says that to you that the logic is similar to the idea that zbdent Jan 2013 #81
I think of it like people who have never smoked. Robb Jan 2013 #82
I wonder if the "you can't criticised the grunt" posters would be that forging to an invading Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #85
I guess the rant was okay. Stinky The Clown Jan 2013 #89
A civlian outranks a general underpants Jan 2013 #98
That's like saying if you haven't been a member of the US House or Senate MNBrewer Jan 2013 #101
+4,962 Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #141
"just to be clear I consider anyone who enlisted..." Shivering Jemmy Jan 2013 #102
Not at all and nor do I care what you or the other posters here think. white_wolf Jan 2013 #106
Wish that were so but there is a group that only want people who support their personal beliefs to jody Jan 2013 #113
LOL. THAT was easy to type, wasn't it? cliffordu Jan 2013 #108
whatever....wrong on so many levels, not worth these few words to argue Demonaut Jan 2013 #112
If you've never been a snotty young campus Marxist, you can't criticize those who are. Throd Jan 2013 #120
The irony nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #123
B.S. Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #122
Those same types of people who have made such statements are same type who criticized We People Jan 2013 #125
You noted this in your op: tomg Jan 2013 #126
You sound like somebody who doesn't know know any veterans or troops. musical_soul Jan 2013 #131
Civilian casualties in modern warfare Bradical79 Jan 2013 #135
I have never ever seen that here. cali Jan 2013 #139
You can criticize all you want. iiibbb Jan 2013 #144
I haven't heard that one treestar Jan 2013 #147
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