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Quote by: dilligras You want to write your congressman or President and share your "anti-war" bullshit, great!!! Have at it! They can do something about it. But when a person tries to practice their freedom of speech at the obvious expense of those in harm's way, and in direct opposition to our country's interests, then I'll be damned if I will have any title for them but TRAITOR. |
Now that's a real "total crock of crap!". I served on active duty from 1966 to 1975, during another period of war and protests, and it bothered me not at all that citizens were exercising their constitutional right to protest while I was serving. Why? Simple, it was pointed out to me by someone who understood what was happening that that was exactly what we were fighting for, to protect and defend our free way of life. If you, or our GI's really believe in this war, and yet are so easily swayed from your beliefs by a few protests, then I really don't think your convictions amount to much. I've paid my dues, I'll use my constitutional rights any way I want, so you can take your "traitor" title and shove it.
As for the MSM being so hard on Bush, that's also a crock. This administration took full media advantage of Tillman's press status, and even embellished and invented the circumstances of his death, yet at the same time won't allow any photo's of returning maimed and dead ordinary GI's in order to "protect their privacy". While we had nightly news and pictures of the casualties in Vietnam, the loss of 6 GI's yesterday hardly even made the news. If anything, the MSM is giving Bush a pass, he's been allowed to fight a pretty much sterile war.