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While technically true. She's still the dumb bitch that voted to subject the troops to it.
Enlisting to serve does NOT mean you should expect a war of CHOICE. Iraq had nothing to do with anything, and this old bag CHOSE to send people to die there.
Not because we had to, because SHE wanted to.
Oh absolutely. Which is why I still pointed out that she was the one that voted to subject him to it. No one should sign up to fight in the army of the capitalist. Or any other authoritarian group drunk on power regardless of what economic dogma they spout.
But once you sign up you cannot resist them using and abusing you in words of choice like that without severe consequences. It's still on her as it always has been and always should be.
If you are American it 100% does. Why would you think the moment you signed up would be the moment they would stop starting wars suddenly? I mean, fuck senator Collins obviously, what an awful ghoul, but she's correct in this case. Anyone signing up to be in the military has to own what they're signing up to do and it's not like there's no way to know.
I joined in early 2001. It was a completely different time when I went in vs when I got out 4 years later.
Less than a year before that I was campaigning for Ralph Nader.
Life is complicated sometimes. We don’t all have an easy escape from the situations we are born into.
Yep and platner joined after the iraq war already started specifically to fight in it.
I don't think it's right but you sign away your rights to those expectations when you enlist for the most part.
Except Platner joined after the iraq war started specifically to fight in it.
I just wish more soldiers understood that Democrats are anti-war, because they are pro-soldier. Republicans are pro-war, because they consider soldiers stupid cattle asking to be slaughtered.
Except democrats aren't anti war at all
Well, the left side of the party is. Unfortunately the right wing of the Democrats are better funded. Thanks AIPAC.