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In reply to the discussion: Fuck. [View all]dougolat
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Think on what it means to those who made similar sacrifices; their families and friends.
Think on what it means to those assembled who took part in sending him.
Think on what it means to immigrant refugees from Afghanistan and Iraq and other war-torn countries.
Think on what it means to the American public in whose name all this was and is being done.
Reactions are varied, but there's some legitimacy to all, as we're facing something that has been too much ignored.
Will reacts to the injustice and the horror and guilty parties walking around scot-free. Fine, it is both perilous and shameful to ignore that aspect.
I think it was on the whole a good thing to have us face Cory, and our own reactions, and each other, too. Especially the assembled officials.
It may even have been a brave thing address the war-machine with Frazzled's post #37:
"...large-scale deployments that drain our strength and may ultimately feed extremism. .....
..America must move off a permanent war footing."