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Reading these letters brings home a fact that the left wing of the U.S. has simply become anti-military.
You hate the military and look down on every soldier serving.
This leads you to post stupidity such as
"magine a conversation with a VFW member - he got a purple heart in WW II, he has trhe cap, and the flag pin - the whole nine yards. And he asks you what you think of the war. What are you going to say? Do you think it doesn't take courage to politely and respectfully tell the truth about your beliefs?"
No, it doesn't take courage to politely and respectfully tell the truth about your beliefs to a military vet. If that's your definition of courage, you either have no idea what the term means, or you think every military person is some crazy pyscho that will kill you for disagreeing.
Courage is pulling your buddy back to safety under fire, courage is treating Iraqis with respect when you have no whether they are enemies or not, courage is going into the South during Jim Crow and risking your life to register black voters.
Courage is not talking respectfull to a vet about any war.
It's sad that Choe is still in college and is far more intellectually mature than those "adults" arguing with her.
