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LittleApple81 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-03 08:34 PM
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15. But do you think that today's volunteer soldier has
Edited on Sun Nov-02-03 08:59 PM by LittleApple81
the analytical skills to recognize what Bush got the U.S. into in Iraq?
Once you are dragged into this, if you don't have enough education to understand the historical and political underpinnings of the situation, your "patriotism" could blind you to what really is happening. Besides, the army creates the "brotherhood" mentality that might prevent them to admit they were duped and so many friends and colleagues died--were murdered--for the BFEE. This creates a horrible dissonance.
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