tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post469844143592581538..comments2024-03-18T05:15:30.666-04:00Comments on Foma*: The Times Square Flag Still Fliesyellojkthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-38230515722775822942008-03-09T16:18:00.000-04:002008-03-09T16:18:00.000-04:00Recruiting is one of the least desired assignments...Recruiting is one of the least desired assignments in the military and the ethical tactics of some (many?) recruiters make the guys in <I>Glengarry Glen Ross</I> look like girl scouts. False promises by recruiters have been a joke since at least <I>Private Benjamin</I>.<BR/><BR/>That said, they are still soldiers doing an assigned if distasteful job and should not have their lives endangered by the very people they are defending.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1312361157051436612008-03-09T14:51:00.000-04:002008-03-09T14:51:00.000-04:00Yeah, this was a little weird and a lot of pointle...Yeah, this was a little weird and a lot of pointless. <BR/><BR/>I'm not in favor of the war by any means, but I definitely admire the people who are out there doing their thing for god and country, etc. not because it's right or wrong or whatever, but because that's what their nation asks of them. This is a huge turnaround from Vietnam, where returning soldiers were vilified because of the politics of the war. <BR/><BR/>2fs: I think the ability of people to bring shed light upon those who are in the system and fail to support the troops has increased, but we still have folks in charge who won't act unless they're under intense pressure from their constituencies. And that's the truly tragic part.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-20770871809400886792008-03-09T01:00:00.000-05:002008-03-09T01:00:00.000-05:00If it's an antiwar protest, I would agree that it'...If it's an antiwar protest, I would agree that it's a very ineffective one. That said, when you say that "it is our duty as Americans to support and honor those that choose to serve our country," how much more a duty is it to call out those who would refuse to do so when it's their responsibility - such as the military "psychiatrists" who under pressure from higher-ups reclassify wartime injuries as pre-existing disorders in order to eliminate the need to provide support to soldiers. See <A HREF="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070409/kors" REL="nofollow">this article</A> and <A HREF="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071015/kors" REL="nofollow">this one</A>. As despicable as the actions of these folks might be, more despicable are the actions of those who lie and deceive to get impressionable kids to sign up for military service (this is also well documented), and more despicable still are those who would lead them to kill and die for petty political reasons, more despicable still are those who, safe at home, arrogantly proclaim that troops must fight the war with the weapons and armor they have, while soldiers' pay is still abysmal. In other words, there's a hell of a lot worse acts of non-support going on. And, given that the people responsible for such actions are for the most part not themselves soldiers or veterans, even more cowardly and thuggish. It is they who dishonor our flag and what it's supposed to stand for.2fshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813487704459856169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-77781214755547414752008-03-07T21:39:00.000-05:002008-03-07T21:39:00.000-05:00My fear is that this was an anti-war protest, and ...My fear is that this was an anti-war protest, and not an act of terrorism. That won't help either.HRH Courtney, Queen of Everythinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09019876055788862713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-49363111523806065572008-03-07T18:05:00.000-05:002008-03-07T18:05:00.000-05:00I agree..And my motto is..I support our troops..br...I agree..<BR/><BR/>And my motto is..I support our troops..bring the boys/and girls back home.<BR/><BR/>But I never begrudge them because they are in a position that they were put in by a politician that I have no agreement with at all.The Mistress of the Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16923975714269274370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-2761259173106823382008-03-07T17:39:00.000-05:002008-03-07T17:39:00.000-05:00I agree. What cowards indeed.I just posted about h...I agree. What cowards indeed.<BR/><BR/>I just posted about how my wife and son were across the street from there just 6 hours before it was bombed. Yikes.Jeff and Charli Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868852480996815442noreply@blogger.com