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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:32 AM Original message |
I encountered a soldier just back from Iraq yesterday ~ whew |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. no worries, for every one of these bombastic idiots |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. So you are saying ten percent of our military is like this guy? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. is that so |
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Syncronaut Seven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. No, We have met the enemy |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 11:08 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I'm sorry to hear about your son |
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Syncronaut Seven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 11:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Yes, I see the change. |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 12:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Unfortunately, it's impossible to "deprogram" what he's seen and... |
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vetwife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
57. this slope is slippery..Be careful |
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ptsmknhipy (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 07:46 AM Response to Reply #57 |
72. Thank God for good women |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. PTSD is treatable. |
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Amerpie (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. He was probably |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 02:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
54. Bingo |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
71. Double bingo |
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Fla Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 08:16 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Triple Bingo |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 08:20 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. The loudest ones do nothing |
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happynewyear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. We have sewn seeds of hatred |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. "Seeds of hatred" |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. Not all are coming back like that. |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
7. How do you know? |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
60. oh, like this guy! |
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GOPFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
8. Good |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 11:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Nobody in the store was impressed even his friend |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
9. Our military is taking on the personality of it's Bushevik Masters |
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writekid (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
10. Peacelovers don't join the armed forces |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. What kind of person applies? |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 11:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. In other words, you never served |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 11:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. "Peacelovers don't join the armed forces" - hmmmmm |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 11:29 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Especially the National Guard and Reserves |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 12:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Before you post that kind of nonsense in the future, maybe you... |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 12:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. have to agree - peace lovers don't join the military |
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ptsmknhipy (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 12:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. What kind of person |
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Philostopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
11. Let's not assume the military turned him into that. |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. This is what the bush administration has turned us into. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 12:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. Quite a bit of this mentality comes straight from the loins of limbaugh. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 02:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
55. Rush is piped in |
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demgrrrl2004 (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
16. Don't Put Too Much Blame on the Soldier.... |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
50. An additional factoid |
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central scrutinizer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
17. I also met a soldier returned from Iraq |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
20. He is what he was trained to become |
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DancingBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
21. What do we expect? |
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Wind Dancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
59. Excellent post, DancingBear! n/t |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
26. It's irreversible brainwashing.... |
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ptsmknhipy (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 01:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. Brainwashing |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:29 PM Response to Reply #44 |
61. Ask Bandit where he was at about that time.... |
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ptsmknhipy (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 10:22 AM Response to Reply #61 |
78. Press on Brother |
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funkybutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
27. lets face it, we dont' send them over there b/c they are the brightest |
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Syncronaut Seven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
28. The kid may have been de-compressing |
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Syncronaut Seven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 11:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. A second theory |
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ptsmknhipy (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 01:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Second theory |
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LittleApple81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
29. No. I live close to a fort. A friend of mine rode in the minivan from |
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ptsmknhipy (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. Blow Hard Dog Face |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 12:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Welcome to DU, ptsmknhipy! |
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ptsmknhipy (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. War Story |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 01:57 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I realized the compliment at the time he told me... |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 01:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Welcome to DU, friend. . . |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Welcome to DU and Welcome Home |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
37. I encountered a soldier back from Iraq, too |
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x-g.o.p.er (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. Those that have been in combat... |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 01:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. That was my thought as well... |
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ptsmknhipy (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 01:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Those that have |
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GoldenOldie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. 135,0000 military in Iraq |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 02:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. The only thing is, this kid wasn't decompressing |
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ptsmknhipy (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 02:45 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Decompressing |
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ptsmknhipy (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 02:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. No offense intended |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
48. This is what happens when you militarize the culture. |
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Texican (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
56. Not Just a Few |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
62. I was a bartender for 5 years |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Ronald Reagan himself was the worst of those poseurs |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:35 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Can't argue with that |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:12 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. thanks for the correction |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
63. You can take the redneck out of the boondocks |
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vetwife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:45 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. The ones who brag generally are wanta be not combat because |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:44 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Very true |
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troublemaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
66. One tiny word of defense |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:45 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. My family served in WWII. My uncles were wounded by kamikazes and |
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DaveSZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 08:39 AM Response to Reply #70 |
75. I'll bet you most of the kids over there joined for the college money |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
76. this is why the mantra "support the troops" is a false dilemma |
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ptsmknhipy (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 10:20 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Support the troops |
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markomalley (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
79. I don't know what you expect... |
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