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Originally Posted by Finny
Wait, a second.. I never said anything holier then thou crap. You are reading why too much into something. I don't like my brother serving and I rarely talk to him.
Its an issue with you. Thats fine. But my point is Iraq War, WW2, Viet Nam, First Gulf War or whatever conflict.. Military personal have always been treated like sh!t. But you missed that point.
You decided to rant and rave about this.. Thats great. But I am telling you how it is. I am not your buddy and I am certainly not disagreeing with you on the article.
But blame also has to be shared. People need some responsbility. That Soldier decided to huff sh!t. Does he not bare some of the responsbility for his actions? Or we going to be apologists for ever person who makes bad choices?
If thats a case, I guess we should forgive Congress and President Bush. Do you now see my point?
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Blame has to be shared - yes, he made bad choices. But the choice was to self medicate because there aren't enough resources being used to help treat those who serve. And I agree that it is a fine american tradition - going back to the revolutionary war - to do this to our soldiers.
My point is that it f*cking needs to stop - and since Bush is in the driver's seat, he is the point man. That's why he spent all those millions to get into office. I'll hold the same standards for whoever wins this election. It was the neocon philosphy that america should be a nation building world shaper that brought the Iraq war to fruition. Bit nothing is more obscene than just using people then leaving them to wallow in misery, self medicating, until they die.
This issue goes well beyond any party - back to the Whigs and Tories - but the current resident has reponsibility.