Military Vets: Stop Saying ‘Thank You For Your Service’
Mike Freedman, a Green Beret, calls it the “thank you for your service phenomenon.” To some recent vets — by no stretch all of them — the thanks comes across as shallow, disconnected, a reflexive offering from people who, while meaning well, have no clue what soldiers did over there or what motivated them to go, and who would never have gone themselves nor sent their own sons and daughters…
Mr. Garth, 26, said that when he gets thanked it can feel self-serving for the thankers, suggesting that he did it for them, and that they somehow understand the sacrifice, night terrors, feelings of loss and bewilderment. Or don’t think about it at all.
“I pulled the trigger,” he said. “You didn’t. Don’t take that away from me.”
…The idea of giving thanks while not participating themselves is one of the core vet quibbles, said Mr. Freedman, the Green Beret. The joke has become so prevalent, he said, that servicemen and women sometimes walk up to one another pretending to be “misty-eyed” and mockingly say “Thanks for your service.”
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KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker February 22nd, 2015 at 08:51
I too think it’s a shallow and reflexive ‘catch all’ phrase full of false sincerity and ignorance.
It reminds me of the false patriotism from bigoted wingnuts who have no idea we as a nation are a melting pot of cultures, backgrounds and beliefs.
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 11:05
“Have a nice day”
fredoandme February 22nd, 2015 at 11:37
yeah. like that.
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker February 22nd, 2015 at 09:51
I too think it’s a shallow and reflexive ‘catch all’ phrase full of false sincerity and ignorance.
It reminds me of the false patriotism from bigoted wingnuts who have no idea we as a nation are a melting pot of cultures, backgrounds and beliefs.
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 12:05
“Have a nice day”
fredoandme February 22nd, 2015 at 12:37
yeah. like that.
eccles11 February 22nd, 2015 at 08:56
Who did they serve?
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 11:04
Wrong place to display your ignorance
eccles11 February 22nd, 2015 at 11:13
Not the easiest of questions to answer, huh?
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 11:16
Like I said YOU are ignorant …Go to DC and tell your BS to my 55,000+ dead brothers on the wall that had NO CHOICE….
eccles11 February 22nd, 2015 at 11:21
They had no choice? They were conscripts in Vietnam? My condolences really.
They were literally enslaved by their government and sent to kill millions of people who posed no threat to America. It was a horrible waste of life, and it served no one but the interests of the ruling class.
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 11:45
Go learn history..before you embarrass yourself any more in public…And DON’T say that crap to a Viet Nam vet if you cherish your teeth. Get educated 60,000 a month drafted in 66 no choice and keep your moronic class war to yourself..YOU didn’t do much to stop Iraq, did you…Tough question isn’t it
eccles11 February 22nd, 2015 at 11:53
What did I say that was incorrect?
Who did those 60 000 a month serve?
You seem to be getting very emotional about this, but you aren’t providing any coherent arguments.
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 14:07
You are a moron…and what did you EVER DO FOR ANYONE besides add to the CO2 problem and methane from your orifices.. this is the end of the conversation…I will flag you if you reply.
eccles11 February 22nd, 2015 at 17:58
What did I do for anyone? I didn’t murder a million peasants for one, I guess. Does that give me a carbon offset?
Flag me? You have issues. You responded to me remember, and you’ve been abusive and irrational in every post, then you there to flag me? You don’t get to be abusive to someone then try to shut them up by threatening them.
Gina February 22nd, 2015 at 21:31
Do you ignore they were drafted?!
eccles11 February 22nd, 2015 at 21:34
In the very comment you are responding to I mention that they were conscripted(drafted), and that they were essentially enslaved by their government.
I’m not sure that answers the question “who did they serve”?
eccles11 February 22nd, 2015 at 09:56
Who did they serve?
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 12:04
Wrong place to display your ignorance
eccles11 February 22nd, 2015 at 12:13
Not the easiest of questions to answer, huh?
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 12:16
Like I said YOU are ignorant …Go to DC and tell your BS to my 55,000+ dead brothers on the wall that had NO CHOICE….
eccles11 February 22nd, 2015 at 12:21
They had no choice? They were conscripts in Vietnam? My condolences really.
They were literally enslaved by their government and sent to kill millions of people who posed no threat to America. It was a horrible waste of life, and it served no one but the interests of the ruling class.
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 12:45
Go learn history..before you embarrass yourself any more in public…And DON’T say that crap to a Viet Nam vet if you cherish your teeth. Get educated 60,000 a month drafted in 66 no choice and keep your moronic class war to yourself..YOU didn’t do much to stop Iraq, did you…Tough question isn’t it
eccles11 February 22nd, 2015 at 12:53
What did I say that was incorrect?
Who did those 60 000 a month serve?
You seem to be getting very emotional about this, but you aren’t providing any coherent arguments.
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 15:07
You are a moron…and what did you EVER DO FOR ANYONE besides add to the CO2 problem and methane from your orifices.. this is the end of the conversation…I will flag you if you reply.
eccles11 February 22nd, 2015 at 18:58
What did I do for anyone? I didn’t murder a million peasants for one, I guess. Does that give me a carbon offset?
Flag me? You have issues. You responded to me remember, and you’ve been abusive and irrational in every post, then you there to flag me? You don’t get to be abusive to someone then try to shut them up by threatening them.
Gina Bousquet February 22nd, 2015 at 22:31
Do you ignore they were drafted?!
eccles11 February 22nd, 2015 at 22:34
In the very comment you are responding to I mention that they were conscripted(drafted), and that they were essentially enslaved by their government.
I’m not sure that answers the question “who did they serve”?
Gina February 22nd, 2015 at 10:44
What should one say when sincerely feeling they must be thanked for it?
fredoandme February 22nd, 2015 at 11:00
i don’t know. frankly, it’s never come up.
Gina February 22nd, 2015 at 11:21
Yes. I can understand their feeling, but it’s a hard one to find a solution to it.
fredoandme February 22nd, 2015 at 11:31
what i meant is that i’d never thank anyone for taking up the gun.
taking up teaching. yeah
taking up nursing. yeah
but, for pulling the trigger? never
Gina February 22nd, 2015 at 11:33
I see. Well, most of the nation believes they are protecting America, it’s in their oath! I’m not discussing the merit of the wars they’re engaged in…
fredoandme February 22nd, 2015 at 11:36
you should be.
Gina February 22nd, 2015 at 11:39
You have a point. I’m not pro-war. But I can relate to their suffering in service.
fredoandme February 22nd, 2015 at 11:47
not when they signed up to do it, literally KNEW what they would be doing. several i know were gleeful at the thought. no treats for them, i will never thank them.
especially bush’s wars.
no offense is intended, gina. it’s just that I’m very passionate about this.
Gina February 22nd, 2015 at 11:56
I understand your point. I’m a leftist who spent youth fighting a military right-wing dictatorship backed by the US, decades ago in South America. Still I feel I can relate to their suffering…
fredoandme February 22nd, 2015 at 12:24
see? that’s what i find impossible to do.
my compassion is for those brutalized by our troops. or their troops. for anyone harmed by roving gangs with high powered weaponry going around kicking in doors in the middle of the night.
again, no offense.
Gina February 22nd, 2015 at 12:38
You do have a point, really! When I first started to chat in the American chat boards, that’s when I started to totally accept America and differentiate the people from what the government then had done to us… I had kept the bad image of my time in the resistance. I just think war means suffering for both sides, I don’t justify the act of war per se, mainly conquering wars or wars on false premises, like Bush’s wars.
fredoandme February 23rd, 2015 at 10:43
not to worry. i often want to scream about the state of the world. sometimes i do.
war is usually somewhere else, for americans that is. now we export our casualties to happen somewhere else. sure, we arm them to the teeth, but some of them do suffer wounds or are killed. so, one might ask those who signed up to participate in such an endeavor just exactly what they expected.
what started this latest round doesn’t even matter anymore. no. think of how much suffering that could have been avoided. and then think about why it wasn’t.
it helps to scream once in a while. really.
Gina February 23rd, 2015 at 10:55
I’ll tell you what I always felt when thinking of it– maybe too blunt a statement to dare say on a thread– I thought how very hard it must be to be American, with a conscience that is.
fredoandme February 23rd, 2015 at 11:11
i understand why you should exercise caution.
all i can personally say in reponse is, “you have no idea.” but that sounds as if i think my way of thinking is superior, my conscience more clear or honorable. it isn’t, really, but it’s all i have.
Gina February 23rd, 2015 at 11:26
You honor your citizenship actually. I must thank you for this exchange fredoandme!
fredoandme February 23rd, 2015 at 12:11
you’re very kind, gina, and i hope that you find friendship and a warm welcome everywhere.
Gina February 23rd, 2015 at 12:13
Thank you so much! :)
Robyn Ryan February 22nd, 2015 at 19:20
Hi. I’m one one of ‘those people’ you’re making generalizations about. For most, the story is simple.
We got suckered. Kept stupid, starved and barred from the doctors, education and financial security America refuses her less affluent citizens. Wage slaves.
You waved flags at us, stuck yellow ribbons on your SUVs and marched us around at sporting events. The latest crop of Imperial ‘Tommies.’ You sent us thousands of miles away to fight a people strange to us for unclear reasons. Vietnam.
We came back. Broken. body and soul. And you scorned us for breaking under torture. We are ‘inconvenient’ heroes.
We screwed up. We trusted you. Your superior wisdom and frequent chats with god. We believed in you. We put our lives in your oh-so-righteous hands. We thought you had our backs.
Silly us.
fredoandme February 23rd, 2015 at 10:26
your post is one long, whining generalization, which mostly means that you’re somewhat a hypocrite. I get it, though. bad stuff happened. you’re still upset about it and it still defines a lot of what you are.
some of us never wanted you or anyone else over anywhere. some of us didn’t go and then paid a huge price for it, some of us did and were, ahem, generally not the better for it. on the contrary.
don’t let the past, which can’t be changed, continue to harm our future. i’d say, “let it go,” but i know that’s unrealistic.
you could also, if you wanted to, learn to count blessings instead of miseries.
i wish you only peace.
Gina February 23rd, 2015 at 11:09
Sorry to comment when I was not addressed by your answer. But I think we should remember he was drafted–no option, except Canada.
fredoandme February 23rd, 2015 at 11:38
please don’t think i don’t remember. the first year he was eligible for the draft, my boyfriend’s number was 1. all of a sudden, he had an urgent desire to see canada. i helped him pack.
robyn ryan’s post is chock full of clichés and generalizations and, as such, was difficult to honestly answer.
which i did. the motives behind the 27-year vietnam war, that decimated two generations of vietnamese, were just as insupportable as those behind our latest endeavor. as were our actions, which wasted so many of our youth.
again. think of all of the misery that could have been avoided. all of the good that could have been done, but wasn’t.
Gina February 23rd, 2015 at 11:52
I agree, no excuse for the Vietnam war, but not all that were drafted opted to cross the border, for so many reasons… Those who went are among the veterans exposed to agent orange for instance and a lot of other miseries of the soul and the body. I found it disrespectful to say he was whining, he has good reason to complain and expressed himself the best way he could I imagine. Thank you for the picture! :)
fredoandme February 23rd, 2015 at 12:25
it is whining, and it’s a shame that they have been reduced to it. the contract that our government forced upon conscripts should be honored. they WERE used. the generalized generalizations in that post, though, were relentless and an acceptable resolution isn’t possible here on a comment board.
it is my opinion, though, that the future can’t rest on what has gone before. eyes forward, so to speak. i am old, but my grandchildren deserve a world made of something other than what it is now.
i’ll not encourage reliving the past while our future goes wanting. i admit it. i become impatient.
Gina February 23rd, 2015 at 12:40
For those who lived trauma it’s never past, always present. There’s no way we can come close to figure what to be in a war means. I guess that’s when I empathize with their suffering, while you are more rationally political about it…
fredoandme February 23rd, 2015 at 13:01
everyone suffers in life, gina. some so much they can’t go on. some aren’t given the chance because someone thousands of miles away has a global-sized grudge. no one persons suffering is typical, either.
I’ve lost friends to gun violence, to suicide, to disease. i’ve survived cancer. i’ve lived through the frightening madness of a very close loved one. others have survived war. but we’ll all suffer. to a degree.
suffering is suffering. we all do it, and no ones is superior to that of any other or deserves the most respect.
it isn’t a contest.
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 11:00
Morning….do my mail later..
Gina February 22nd, 2015 at 11:11
Morning my friend! Answered you…Thank you once again! :)
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 11:11
Check your mail….pitty pum pitty pum THWACK….PIQUE
Gina February 22nd, 2015 at 11:13
I did! I’ve answered you, but the undercurrents against my coming back do exist, you know. I’m used to reading subtext… You have been a remarkable friend! Pique! :)
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 11:15
So come anyway..If I don’t care you shouldn’t either…Like I do with HB ….a private conversation in public!
Gina February 22nd, 2015 at 11:16
I’ll try! I really miss it! :)
tracey marie February 22nd, 2015 at 19:53
please do
Gina February 22nd, 2015 at 19:58
I have been lurking and missing very much the ones I’m close to, but I can’t bring myself to speak dear!
tracey marie February 22nd, 2015 at 19:55
I want you back!
Gina February 22nd, 2015 at 19:57
That’s so very sweet Tracey! :) You are lovely! But you know there’s resistance to my coming back dear…
Robyn Ryan February 22nd, 2015 at 19:03
“I’m sorry” is always good.
Gina February 22nd, 2015 at 19:06
Maybe, yes…
Gina Bousquet February 22nd, 2015 at 11:44
What should one say when sincerely feeling they must be thanked for it?
fredoandme February 22nd, 2015 at 12:00
i don’t know. frankly, it’s never come up.
Gina Bousquet February 22nd, 2015 at 12:21
Yes. I can understand their feeling, but it’s a hard one to find a solution to .
fredoandme February 22nd, 2015 at 12:31
what i meant is that i’d never thank anyone for taking up the gun.
taking up teaching. yeah
taking up nursing. yeah
but, for pulling the trigger? never
Gina Bousquet February 22nd, 2015 at 12:33
I see. Well, most of the nation believes they are protecting America, it’s in their oath! I’m not discussing the merit of the wars they’re engaged in… but they do risk life and sanity.
fredoandme February 22nd, 2015 at 12:36
you should be.
Gina Bousquet February 22nd, 2015 at 12:39
You have a point. I’m not pro-war. But I can relate to their suffering in service.
fredoandme February 22nd, 2015 at 12:47
not when they signed up to do it, literally KNEW what they would be doing. several i know were gleeful at the thought. no treats for them, i will never thank them.
especially bush’s wars.
no offense is intended, gina. it’s just that I’m very passionate about this.
Gina Bousquet February 22nd, 2015 at 12:56
I understand your point. I’m a leftist who spent youth fighting a military right-wing dictatorship backed by the US, decades ago in South America. Still I feel I can relate to their suffering…
fredoandme February 22nd, 2015 at 13:24
see? that’s what i find impossible to do.
my compassion is for those brutalized by our troops. or their troops. for anyone harmed by roving gangs with high powered weaponry going around kicking in doors in the middle of the night.
again, no offense.
Gina Bousquet February 22nd, 2015 at 13:38
You do have a point, really! When I first started to chat in the American chat boards, that’s when I started to totally accept America and differentiate the people from what your government then had done to us… I had kept the bad image of my time in the resistance. I just think war means suffering for both sides, I don’t justify the act of war per se, mainly conquering wars or wars on false premises, like Bush’s wars. Sorry, I became too confessional, did not intend to.
fredoandme February 23rd, 2015 at 11:43
not to worry. i often want to scream about the state of the world. sometimes i do.
war is usually somewhere else, for americans that is. now we export our casualties to happen somewhere else. sure, we arm them to the teeth, but some of them do suffer wounds or are killed. so, one might ask those who signed up to participate in such an endeavor just exactly what they expected.
what started this latest round doesn’t even matter anymore. no. think of how much suffering that could have been avoided. and then think about why it wasn’t.
it helps to scream once in a while. really.
Gina Bousquet February 23rd, 2015 at 11:55
I’ll tell you what I always felt when thinking of it– maybe too blunt a statement to dare say on a thread– I thought how very hard it must be to be American, with a conscience that is.
fredoandme February 23rd, 2015 at 12:11
i understand why you should exercise caution.
all i can personally say in reponse is, “you have no idea.” but that sounds as if i think my way of thinking is superior, my conscience more clear or honorable. it isn’t, really, but it’s all i have.
Gina Bousquet February 23rd, 2015 at 12:26
You honor your citizenship actually. I must thank you for this exchange fredoandme!
fredoandme February 23rd, 2015 at 13:11
you’re very kind, gina, and i hope that you find friendship and a warm welcome everywhere.
Gina Bousquet February 23rd, 2015 at 13:13
Thank you so much! :)
Robyn Ryan February 22nd, 2015 at 20:20
Hi. I’m one one of ‘those people’ you’re making generalizations about. For most, the story is simple.
We got suckered. Kept stupid, starved and barred from the doctors, education and financial security America refuses her less affluent citizens. Wage slaves.
You waved flags at us, stuck yellow ribbons on your SUVs and marched us around at sporting events. The latest crop of Imperial ‘Tommies.’ You sent us thousands of miles away to fight a people strange to us for unclear reasons. Vietnam.
We came back. Broken. body and soul. And you scorned us for breaking under torture. We are ‘inconvenient’ heroes.
We screwed up. We trusted you. Your superior wisdom and frequent chats with god. We believed in you. We put our lives in your oh-so-righteous hands. We thought you had our backs.
Silly us.
fredoandme February 23rd, 2015 at 11:26
your post is one long, whining generalization, which mostly means that you’re somewhat a hypocrite. I get it, though. bad stuff happened. you’re still upset about it and it still defines a lot of what you are.
some of us never wanted you or anyone else over anywhere. some of us didn’t go and then paid a huge price for it, some of us did and were, ahem, generally not the better for it. on the contrary.
don’t let the past, which can’t be changed, continue to harm our future. i’d say, “let it go,” but i know that’s unrealistic.
you could also, if you wanted to, learn to count blessings instead of miseries.
i wish you only peace.
Gina Bousquet February 23rd, 2015 at 12:09
Sorry to comment when I was not addressed by your answer. But I think we should remember he was drafted–no option, except Canada.
fredoandme February 23rd, 2015 at 12:38
please don’t think i don’t remember. the first year he was eligible for the draft, my boyfriend’s number was 1. all of a sudden, he had an urgent desire to see canada. i helped him pack.
robyn ryan’s post is chock full of clichés and generalizations and, as such, was difficult to honestly answer.
which i did. the motives behind the 27-year vietnam war, that decimated two generations of vietnamese, were just as insupportable as those behind our latest endeavor. as were our actions, which wasted so many of our youth.
again. think of all of the misery that could have been avoided. all of the good that could have been done, but wasn’t.
Gina Bousquet February 23rd, 2015 at 12:52
I agree, no excuse for the Vietnam war, but not all that were drafted opted to cross the border, for so many reasons… Those who went are among the veterans exposed to agent orange for instance and a lot of other miseries of the soul and the body. I found it disrespectful to say he was whining, he has good reason to complain and expressed himself the best way he could I imagine. Thank you for the picture! :)
fredoandme February 23rd, 2015 at 13:25
it is whining, and it’s a shame that they have been reduced to it. the contract that our government forced upon conscripts should be honored. they WERE used. the generalized generalizations in that post, though, were relentless and an acceptable resolution isn’t possible here on a comment board.
it is my opinion, though, that the future can’t rest on what has gone before. eyes forward, so to speak. i am old, but my grandchildren deserve a world made of something other than what it is now.
i’ll not encourage reliving the past while our future goes wanting. i admit it. i become impatient.
Gina Bousquet February 23rd, 2015 at 13:40
For those who lived trauma it’s never past, always present. There’s no way we can come close to figure what to be in a war means. I guess that’s when I empathize with their suffering, while you are more rationally political about it…
fredoandme February 23rd, 2015 at 14:01
everyone suffers in life, gina. some so much they can’t go on. some aren’t given the chance because someone thousands of miles away has a global-sized grudge. no one persons suffering is typical, either.
I’ve lost friends to gun violence, to suicide, to disease. i’ve survived cancer. i’ve lived through the frightening madness of a very close loved one. others have survived war. but we’ll all suffer. to a degree.
suffering is suffering. we all do it, and no ones is superior to that of any other or deserves the most respect.
it isn’t a contest.
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 12:00
Morning….do my mail later..
Gina Bousquet February 22nd, 2015 at 12:11
Morning my friend! Answered you…Thank you once again! :)
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 12:11
Check your mail….pitty pum pitty pum THWACK….PIQUE
Gina Bousquet February 22nd, 2015 at 12:13
I did! I’ve answered you, but the undercurrents against my coming back do exist, you know. I’m used to reading subtext… You have been a remarkable friend! Pique! :)
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 12:15
So come anyway..If I don’t care you shouldn’t either…Like I do with HB ….a private conversation in public!
Gina Bousquet February 22nd, 2015 at 12:16
I’ll try! I really miss it! :)
tracey marie February 22nd, 2015 at 20:53
please do
Gina Bousquet February 22nd, 2015 at 20:58
I have been lurking and missing very much the ones I’m close to, but I can’t bring myself to speak dear!
tracey marie February 22nd, 2015 at 20:55
I want you back!
Gina Bousquet February 22nd, 2015 at 20:57
That’s so very sweet Tracey! :) You are lovely! But you know there’s resistance to my coming back dear…
Robyn Ryan February 22nd, 2015 at 20:03
“I’m sorry” is always good.
Gina Bousquet February 22nd, 2015 at 20:06
Maybe, yes…
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 11:03
Its uncomfortable..regardless of the generation of vet. It rings hollow at Home Depot when the kid saying it could be your grandchild.. YOU want to thank us ??? Keep your promises GOVERNMENT,. stop lying..obfuscating and treat us as we should have been treated…not doing so by SHAMING you into action…Save your memorial day speeches and parading down main street wrapped in the flag when the closest you ever came to serving, was yourself at the picnic afterward. Its not that much to ask…we did our duty YOU do yours.
rg9rts February 22nd, 2015 at 12:03
Its uncomfortable..regardless of the generation of vet. It rings hollow at Home Depot when the kid saying it could be your grandchild.. YOU want to thank us ??? Keep your promises GOVERNMENT,. stop lying..obfuscating and treat us as we should have been treated…not doing so by SHAMING you into action…Save your memorial day speeches and parading down main street wrapped in the flag when the closest you ever came to serving, was yourself at the picnic afterward. Its not that much to ask…we did our duty YOU do yours.
No way out February 22nd, 2015 at 13:14
Wow. I get it. I guess.
No way out February 22nd, 2015 at 14:14
Wow. I get it. I guess.
veggiedude February 22nd, 2015 at 13:20
Just tell them you are sorry they had to put up with so much bull. I’m sure they’d appreciate it.
veggiedude February 22nd, 2015 at 14:20
Just tell them you are sorry they had to put up with so much bull. I’m sure they’d appreciate it.
Boehner-Monkey February 22nd, 2015 at 13:46
Also, not talking to them at all can help to avoid this sort of confusion. It’s a volunteer military. I like the attitude that Firefighters have. They look at risking their lives as part of their job, and they are not looking for constant pathos. Life is tough for most people, not just Vets.
Boehner Monkey February 22nd, 2015 at 14:46
Also, not talking to them at all can help to avoid this sort of confusion. It’s a volunteer military. I like the attitude that Firefighters have. They look at risking their lives as part of their job, and they are not looking for constant pathos and affirmation. People are getting tired of all the drama. Life is tough for most people, not just vets.
Robyn Ryan February 22nd, 2015 at 19:02
If you liked my service, leave a bigger tip, dipwicks.
Robyn Ryan February 22nd, 2015 at 20:02
If you liked my service, leave a bigger tip, dipwicks.
whatthe46 February 22nd, 2015 at 19:28
this is good to know.
whatthe46 February 22nd, 2015 at 20:28
this is good to know.
William February 23rd, 2015 at 00:12
If you really want to thank me, work towards the inner peace I (and other vets) will achieve when we live in a world that won’t take our children and grandchildren to further an ideology, a religion or blatant greed.
Then ask yourself which wars we have fought in recent memory that protects our “freedoms”?
Cheap gas isn’t really in the bill of rights and doesn’t merit the shedding of blood.
Gina February 23rd, 2015 at 11:12
kudos for your post!
William February 23rd, 2015 at 01:12
If you really want to thank me, work towards the inner peace I (and other vets) will achieve when we live in a world that won’t take our children and grandchildren to further an ideology, a religion or blatant greed.
Then ask yourself which wars we have fought in recent memory that protects our “freedoms”?
Cheap gas isn’t really in the bill of rights and doesn’t merit the shedding of blood.
Gina Bousquet February 23rd, 2015 at 12:12
kudos for your post!