‘Anything Not to Go Back’

"There is always a small percentage"

The point of the article is that the percentage is higher than normal for these types of situations, like Vietnam, Korea, etc.

These are the same people that vote the GOP in time and again. They get what they deserve.

"we are winning and should stay until the job is done."

I assume that when you say "we" you really mean "they."

"we are winning and should stay until the job is done."

I assume that when you say "we" you mean "they."

I read with interest this prominent article detailing how a very few soldiers ("Fewer than 21 soldiers have been punitively discharged for self-harm since 2003") have decided they made a bad choice in volunteering for the Military and fail to find any articles as prominently displayed describing the hundreds and thousands of soldiers that sign up for second and third deployments (some after being seriously wounded). Why can the media, this outlet included, not admit that regardless of whetherwe should have over there in the first place, we are winning and should stay until the job is done.

Just what did these people think they were signing up for when they voluntatily joined the military? Starbucks barista? Target Cashier? Nordstrom stockroom boy? Sorry, but I have almost zilch sympathy for people who join the military and then whine and complain because it's hard and dangerous. It's no secret this is a hard job, and nobody put a gun to their head to make them join.

Just what did these people think they were signing up for when they voluntatily joined the military? Starbucks barista? Target Cashier? Nordstrom stockroom boy? Sorry, but I have almost zilch sympathy for people who join the military and then whine and complain because it's hard and dangerous. It's no secret this is a hard job, and nobody put a gun to their head to make them join.

I'd like to say it is rather impressive amount of hatred, anger, and contempt expressed by the rightwing nutters who support this war and have absolutely NO idea of what they are talking about. They use mostly easily shot down ideas about Iraq and have the blind faith in something that doesn't exist anymore which is the Iraq war was based upon truth and honor, when in fact it has been proven to be based upon lies and cherry picked intelligence. The sad thing is they are more afraid to admit they are wrong than anything. They are the same mindset that continues to send young men and women to their deaths rather than admit anything they have done was wrong. Cognitive Dissonance indeed.

'd like to say it is rather impressive amount of hatred, anger, and contempt expressed by the rightwing nutters who support this war and have absolutely NO idea of what they are talking about. They use mostly easily shot down ideas about Iraq and have the blind faith in something that doesn't exist anymore which is the Iraq war was based upon truth and honor,
when in fact it has been proven to be based upon lies and cherry picked intelligence. The sad thing is they are more afraid to admit they are wrong than anything. They are the same mindset that continues to send young men and women to their deaths rather than admit anything they have done was wrong. Cognitive Dissonance indeed.

I'd like to say it is rather impressive amount of hatred, anger, and contempt expressed by the rightwing nutters who support this war and have absolutely NO idea of what they are talking about. They use mostly easily shot down ideas about Iraq and have the blind faith in something that doesn't exist anymore which is the Iraq war was based upon truth and honor, when in fact it has been proven to be based upon lies and cherry picked intelligence. The sad thing is they are more afraid to admit they are wrong than anything. They are the same mindset that continues to send young men and women to their deaths rather than admit anything they have done was wrong. Cognitive Dissonance indeed.

TO ALL YOU CHICKEN HAWKS, NEOCONS, BUSH LOYALISTS AND COMMIE LIBERALS, "TALKING TOUGH" ABOUT GOING TO WAR OR NOT GOING TO WAR UNDER THIS PRESIDENT:

LETS HAVE VERIFIABLE PROOF THAT YOU SERVED IN THE MILITARY. DATABASES AND THE INTERNET ARE POWERFUL TOOLS TO CROSS-REFERENCE THE TRUTH FROM LIES .

AND IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE MILITARY BUT SAY YOU SUPPORT OUT TROOPS, WE CAN REFER YOU TO THE NEAREST RECRUITER'S OFFICE SO YOU CAN SIGN UP AND PUT YOUR MOUTH ON THE FRONT LINES.

AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT OR CAN'T DO THAT, GO VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME AT THE NEAREST V.A. HOSPITAL SO YOU CAN "TALK TOUGH" TO ALL THE TROOPS THAT CAME BACK FROM THIS WAR AND OTHERS WARS BEFORE IT, AND LETS SEE WHAT THESE VETERANS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT YOUR OPINIONS.

I MYSELF TOOK AN OATH AT ONE TIME TO DEFEND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND TO OBEY THE ORDERS GIVEN TO ME. DOESN'T MEAN i AGREE WITH THE ORDERS, BUT I DID MY DUTY FOR GOD AND COUNTRY. AND UNLESS THERE'S ANY PLANNED DECLARATION OF MARSHAL LAW TO SUSPEND OUR RIGHTS UNDER THE GUISE OF NATIONAL SECURITY TO RESTORE ORDER, LAST I CHECKED, I STILL HAVE A RIGHT OT VOTE IN OR VOTE OUT WHOEVER I AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH.

SO PUT YOUR MOUTH WHERE IT'LL DO THE MOST GOOD. EITHER IN IRAQ OR AT THE BALLOT BOX.

SEE YOU THERE !

SEMPER FI

Talking to us (the military or the VA wishes military personnel would talk with them before they injure themseleves in order to avoid returning to Iraq) that is a novel new idea set forth by people that can't be trusted. The US Congress and or The Surgeon General should have a recruiting label for the US Military that reads "Serving in the US Military may be dangerous to your health". "Be all that you can be" sounds good and looks good on paper but do the math missing arms and legs and or mental trauma reduces greatly the possibility of a long healthy life. Take it from a vet who knows don't trust the military. If you want to serve do it inspite of all the danger and lies. It is true your country needs you but so do you need all of your arms, legs, mental capacity, days without torment, and nights without nightmares. I suggest talking to your GrandMother or Great Aunt if at all possible but do not trust the military to help you with life threatening decisions. There answer to Audie Murphy and Alvin York was "we'll get you through it" and that doesn't eliminate any pain or history of killing.

i volunteered for the service in the 80s and was turned down because as a homosexual, i wasn't good enough to kill foreigners. anyone who lied and joined then later wanted to get out could go to his c.o. and tell him "i'm gay!" and he'd be on the first plane home with a general discharge. but they still have "don't ask; don't tell". these guys shouldn't be hurting themselves; they just need to "tell". doesn't anyone remember Klinger from M.A.S.H.?