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"I wonder how many these military mmembers [sic] voted for Mr. Commander in Chief in 2004."
-- Margaret N. Tipple
It's too bad those silly, inferior troops of ours were so stupid that most all of them voted for Bush and therefore, they are getting what they deserve. So we can wash our hands of them and smugly say, "You should have had more sense than to go into the military." They are all Republican stooges so let them rot!
Well, thank you Margaret. For a few decades there, I was heartsick over how the DOD treats enlisted ranks and how the Veterans Administration short-changes them after they get out. But thanks to you, I no longer have to carry their burden or worry about them because you have so wisely absolved us all of any responsibility.
"If joining the military was about defending your country then it wouldn't be bad to sign right up but they haven't defended this country since world war 2 [sic]. anyone who voluntarilly [sic] signs up either actually believes all the commercials, gung ho war movies and propaganda or else they are doing it for purely economic reasons due to lack of jobs, opportunity and education.
We have a mercenary army that doesn't defend this country, but defends corporate interests and imprerial [sic] ambitions."
-- Rupert_c
Well, thank you too, Rupert. I guess now is the time to tell Mark Benjamin and Salon to get off of this kick about mistreated soldiers and veterans because after all, they are just a bunch of mercenaries that don't defend our country, they are just a bunch of greedy, stupid tools of the corporate imperialists.
I'm glad you showed me the error of my ways, Rupert. I was so blind all these years! Instead of giving our soldiers any health care or benefits when they return from their corporate marauding and crushing the innocent people beneath their combat boots, we should instead try them all for war crimes, put them in detention cells and let them all rot!
We don't need no stinkin' military! There's never a reason why we would need to defend our country. We should disband all of our armed forces and live in peace and harmony with all the peaceful and harmonious peoples of the planet.
Kumbaya, my lord, Kumbaya.
