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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am personally sick of the "troop love" everyone in the military is a hero sentiment.  Let's face it 80% of those enlisted (not officers) would be flipping burgers if they did not have the military as an option.  It is a glorified welfare system[/quote]

You are an asshole!  You get to sleep peacefully at night because of "those enlisted"!  You should go and see "those enlisted" over at Walter Reed Medical Center with no arms/legs; then come back and let us know if they don't deserve some "troop love".  Would you have felt the same if your child joined?[/quote]

I didn't respond to the posters who are so anti military. But I do want to say this. I have two sons in the Army. Both are enlisted. One graduates from college in a few weeks. The other starts college in 9 months. Both served in Afghanistan. One did tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq. At one point I had two boys serving in a war zone at the same time-one with the 82nd Airborne and the other with a combat engineer battalion. Both were injured while overseas, thankfully not seriously.

I post only to say-your words have power and today your words hurt me deeply. I know I am just some random Internet stranger. But I am a real person who nearly lost a son overseas. When I say your words hurt, I mean they literally made me cry.  I think that says a whole lot more about you than it does me or my boys.

One more thing...My dad is a retired two star General and my husband was an officer before he joined the FBI. I've spent most of my life around troops. You reference "enlisted" as welfare people. NO ONE I know in the military, Officer or otherwise, would ever refer to our young soldiers that way. [/quote]

I didn't post that, but I am also anti-military. I do NOT believe that "the troops" are keeping me safe or are heros or are brave. I believe a lot of them glorify playing with guns and being tough and wanting people to look up to them/feel sorry for them/thank them for "their service to the country."  I believe "the troops" are doing what America has done for decades - going where they are sent to butt into other countries business when noone asked us to get involved. Then they come back here unprepared for the civilian life, unsupported with their health issues, and just sit around doing nothing meaningful. I'm sorry, PP. Hopefully your sons are nice kids. But I will always think anyone who chooses to go into the military is on the stupid side. [/quote]

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