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In reply to the discussion: Fuck. [View all]struggle4progress
(118,288 posts)there was a move to restrict war reporting, in order to reduce public opposition; and this has continued to the present
There are about 40K US casualties from Bush-II's Iraq adventure. Due to advances in medical science, more people are saved now, than in the past, and this means more people with long term disabilities
Cory Remsburg was seriously injured. He's not dead: he has serious long term disabilities as a result of his military service.
What should we say to him or to people like him? You should have listened when we tried to warn folk Iraq would be a clusterfuck? You know, you really shouldn't feel honored that Congress applauded while you stood beside the First Lady last night? You're just a performing dog?
I guess self-righteousness may work sometimes. But it's often unattractive