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[DainBramaged]

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May this be the norm as we enter election season. God bless our men and women in the Armed Forces, may they come back to us safely. And may our Congress end this war before Booshe can start a new one.

[IndyOp]

1. Yes, of course. Welcome back. Thank you for all of the positive motives that sent you

abroad. I am relieved and grateful to see that you've returned whole and healthy and, if you haven't (no such soldiers shown here) then I will fight to see that you get the care you deserve.

But, no, no thank you to public applause for soldiers while children watch and learn what...? That growing up to go to another nation and kill people gives meaning to life?

Anheuser-Busch has always contributed to support causes that "support the troops" -- but "supporting the troops" is so often means supporting the wars that will grind the troops to a bloody pulp. So, no thank you to corporate support for war.

This Memorial Day, watch: Why We Fight by Eugene Jarecki

Why do we bury our sons and fathers in lonely graves far from home? To preserve our very way of (corporate) life? Freedom. Freedom? Because it's necessary and it's right. We seek neither territory nor bases. We seek only liberty. Our cause is just and no matter how long it takes we will defeat the enemies of freedom.

Time to take the flags off our lapels. Time to stop commercials and parades that applaud the soldier.

Peace is Patriotic.

P.S. My father served in WWII as did several uncles, my cousin Gene served in Korea, my cousin Mac in Vietnam, my cousins in Gulf War I and the Iraq War. If anyone told them their sacrifice was meaningless I would be very, very angry. Gaining meaning from their sacrifice requires that we stop falling into emotional and rhetorical traps that send us to war after war to benefit the filthy rich.

[DainBramaged]

2. Always a catch when we try to just send some good vibes to them, isn't there?

This is about the troops, not coporate America. Someday you will learn to separate the two.

PS

My Dad fought in WWII, my brother fought in 'Nam and was seriously wounded. I have as much invested in war as you do. And I don't begrudge the soldiers one bit.