So Rolling Thunder is coming to an end because local parking and hotels have become too expensive?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a millennial and the only people I know who like motorcycles are olds so I believe it.

“Olds”? Show a little respect you brat.

You’re too old to get it.

Honestly, why can't some of you google. The group was started in 1989 to bring awareness to the MIA/POW problem in Vietnam. You don't have to be a veteran to belong but most are. The simple fact is that the group is getting smaller because so many men and women of that era are dying or can no longer ride. Many of the servicemen and women in Vietnam did not come back in great shape, if at all. The group was formed to bring attention to the fact - true or not - that many MIA/POW were left behind. It was a gruesome war. Do have some respect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Thunder_(organization)

+ a million. Thank you!

You're welcome. The ignorance on this forum knows no bounds.

You sound knowledgeable. Can you explain why the PP was asking if the vets were “in country” or not? What does that mean?

I'm not PP, but think that "in-country" in this context refers to whether a vet served in Vietnam. For example, my dad was a Vietnam-era draftee, but was never in-country because he served state-side and in Germany, but never went to Vietnam.

Was he considered a Vietnam War vet then?

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Sounds like it may not be coming to an end after Trump tweeted about it and they have received donations to keep it going. Very noble cause but I really wish they would keep the bikes and noise out of quiet residential neighborhoods. Scaring the hell out of my kids and dog while we are out for a walk doesn't exactly make me sympathetic. Is there no other way to bring attention to MIA vets than ridiculously loud motorcycles?

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According to something I read online, we lost a total of 15 service members in 2017. My father was from a poor neighborhood during the draft. He saw so many families bury their children. I don’t know a single person who lost a family member in a recent war. Our experiences and priorities are different now. This is why rolling thunder is losing a lot of steam.

Younger generations are more concerned with the number of kids we lose in school shootings than they are with the very few service members who die. One life is not more valuable than the other, and they are all awful, but the number of kids killed in schools just keeps climbing.

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Anonymous wrote:According to something I read online, we lost a total of 15 service members in 2017. My father was from a poor neighborhood during the draft. He saw so many families bury their children. I don’t know a single person who lost a family member in a recent war. Our experiences and priorities are different now. This is why rolling thunder is losing a lot of steam.

Younger generations are more concerned with the number of kids we lose in school shootings than they are with the very few service members who die. One life is not more valuable than the other, and they are all awful, but the number of kids killed in schools just keeps climbing.

What's the point of sending soliders to die overseas when we have kids get shot up in schools on our own shores?

Some things just are not worth fighting for, especially when decision makers begin abandoning the safety of their own citizens.

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I enjoyed seeing them. Hope it’s really not the last time!