Thank you Veterans (1 Viewer)

[Pots]

Memorial Day is about honoring the combat dead. Not glorifying the current military, the current wars or the insane system that is propping them both up.

This is not the thread to be spewing this stuff. Make your own thread please.For those who died in the military and those still in it serving this country, thank you!

One of the best ways to honor those lost is to keep the dialogue going about what puts soldiers in harm's way, so we armchairs lose as few of our valued men & women as possible.

While I don't disagree that you should voice your opinion on such a subject, I greatly disagree about this being the place to do it for obvious reasons. I think it's very disrespectful and takes the focus of the thread and derails it, as I'm sure you can see happening right now. That's why we have other threads to discuss political thoughts/agendas. This thread is clearly for thanking those who were lost (and if you like) those still in the armed forces.

Thx to all those who've died defending Pots's right to not get it...

What he's saying is take the anti-war and post it in the Iraqi War: What is is good for thread. This is the equivalent of being mad at the current Boston Red Sox because the 1928 Red Sox didn't win the pennant or talking about how your marriage is falling apart at a job interview. Right now I have one of my best friends and my #2 at work deployed to Kandahar, and my Marine buddy just got back from a year in Helmand province where he lost a few of his brothers. I personally have seen a lot of death and destruction but Memorial Day isn't about me or any one person, it is about all of those who answered the call and made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. If you don't agree with the current wars or don't want to "glorify" the current uniform wearers then fine. But spewing your discontent on Memorial Day IS disrespectful to those who have fallen, and it IS not the right time or place.

You're not getting it either. The complaint is keep the Memorial Day honors to those it is about. Anything above that is pushing YOUR agenda. Get it?

So you're saying because this was bumped for Memorial day, and someone wanted to thank the current military as well as the past military, it's leading an agenda?

 

[NCCommish]

Always for stirring up conversation but yeah I think the time and place rule applies here. This is neither for that conversation. Former Air Force myself. I have also lost friends and more than a small part of my innocence to what happens when you start shooting and being shot at in places no one has ever heard of or even knows we deploy to. Let's concentrate on those things here. We have gone over the unjust war thing plenty.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Memorial Day is about honoring the combat dead. Not glorifying the current military, the current wars or the insane system that is propping them both up.

This is not the thread to be spewing this stuff. Make your own thread please.For those who died in the military and those still in it serving this country, thank you!

One of the best ways to honor those lost is to keep the dialogue going about what puts soldiers in harm's way, so we armchairs lose as few of our valued men & women as possible.

While I don't disagree that you should voice your opinion on such a subject, I greatly disagree about this being the place to do it for obvious reasons. I think it's very disrespectful and takes the focus of the thread and derails it, as I'm sure you can see happening right now. That's why we have other threads to discuss political thoughts/agendas. This thread is clearly for thanking those who were lost (and if you like) those still in the armed forces.

Thx to all those who've died defending Pots's right to not get it...

What he's saying is take the anti-war and post it in the Iraqi War: What is is good for thread. This is the equivalent of being mad at the current Boston Red Sox because the 1928 Red Sox didn't win the pennant or talking about how your marriage is falling apart at a job interview. Right now I have one of my best friends and my #2 at work deployed to Kandahar, and my Marine buddy just got back from a year in Helmand province where he lost a few of his brothers. I personally have seen a lot of death and destruction but Memorial Day isn't about me or any one person, it is about all of those who answered the call and made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. If you don't agree with the current wars or don't want to "glorify" the current uniform wearers then fine. But spewing your discontent on Memorial Day IS disrespectful to those who have fallen, and it IS not the right time or place.

i spewed nothing. i defended someone who i thought was unfailry criticized. and i'll happily give you my name and ask you to contact the Albq VFW for proof of how i've contributed to the aid of Iraq soldiers in the last decade. bringing up that kind of crap when recent wars have touched us all is the kind of hubris that has caused too many of our brave men & women to be lost. NOW i'm done :kramer:

 

[Pots]

Always for stirring up conversation but yeah I think the time and place rule applies here. This is neither for that conversation. Former Air Force myself. I have also lost friends and more than a small part of my innocence to what happens when you start shooting and being shot at in places no one has ever heard of or even knows we deploy to. Let's concentrate on those things here. We have gone over the unjust war thing plenty.

Agreed. I feel my pointing this out has both already been made, and anymore is just making those who disagree feel obligated to add fuel to the fire. Thank you for those who have served, and are serving the the military.

 

[Ursa M]

Sadly, this thread ought to be locked. Not the time, nor the place and I speak as one who completely opposed the Iraq War (which my son served in).

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Memorial Day is about honoring the combat dead. Not glorifying the current military, the current wars or the insane system that is propping them both up.

This is not the thread to be spewing this stuff. Make your own thread please.For those who died in the military and those still in it serving this country, thank you!

One of the best ways to honor those lost is to keep the dialogue going about what puts soldiers in harm's way, so we armchairs lose as few of our valued men & women as possible.

While I don't disagree that you should voice your opinion on such a subject, I greatly disagree about this being the place to do it for obvious reasons. I think it's very disrespectful and takes the focus of the thread and derails it, as I'm sure you can see happening right now. That's why we have other threads to discuss political thoughts/agendas. This thread is clearly for thanking those who were lost (and if you like) those still in the armed forces.

Thx to all those who've died defending Pots's right to not get it...

What he's saying is take the anti-war and post it in the Iraqi War: What is is good for thread. This is the equivalent of being mad at the current Boston Red Sox because the 1928 Red Sox didn't win the pennant or talking about how your marriage is falling apart at a job interview. Right now I have one of my best friends and my #2 at work deployed to Kandahar, and my Marine buddy just got back from a year in Helmand province where he lost a few of his brothers. I personally have seen a lot of death and destruction but Memorial Day isn't about me or any one person, it is about all of those who answered the call and made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. If you don't agree with the current wars or don't want to "glorify" the current uniform wearers then fine. But spewing your discontent on Memorial Day IS disrespectful to those who have fallen, and it IS not the right time or place.

i spewed nothing. i defended someone who i thought was unfailry criticized. and i'll happily give you my name and ask you to contact the Albq VFW for proof of how i've contributed to the aid of Iraq soldiers in the last decade. bringing up that kind of crap when recent wars have touched us all is the kind of hubris that has caused too many of our brave men & women to be lost. NOW i'm done :kramer:

None of my comments were directed at you. Thanks for helping our vets, some great causes out there to take part in and it is appreciated by all of us who have served.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Memorial Day is about honoring the combat dead. Not glorifying the current military, the current wars or the insane system that is propping them both up.

This is not the thread to be spewing this stuff. Make your own thread please.For those who died in the military and those still in it serving this country, thank you!

One of the best ways to honor those lost is to keep the dialogue going about what puts soldiers in harm's way, so we armchairs lose as few of our valued men & women as possible.

While I don't disagree that you should voice your opinion on such a subject, I greatly disagree about this being the place to do it for obvious reasons. I think it's very disrespectful and takes the focus of the thread and derails it, as I'm sure you can see happening right now. That's why we have other threads to discuss political thoughts/agendas. This thread is clearly for thanking those who were lost (and if you like) those still in the armed forces.

Thx to all those who've died defending Pots's right to not get it...

What he's saying is take the anti-war and post it in the Iraqi War: What is is good for thread. This is the equivalent of being mad at the current Boston Red Sox because the 1928 Red Sox didn't win the pennant or talking about how your marriage is falling apart at a job interview. Right now I have one of my best friends and my #2 at work deployed to Kandahar, and my Marine buddy just got back from a year in Helmand province where he lost a few of his brothers. I personally have seen a lot of death and destruction but Memorial Day isn't about me or any one person, it is about all of those who answered the call and made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. If you don't agree with the current wars or don't want to "glorify" the current uniform wearers then fine. But spewing your discontent on Memorial Day IS disrespectful to those who have fallen, and it IS not the right time or place.

i spewed nothing. i defended someone who i thought was unfailry criticized. and i'll happily give you my name and ask you to contact the Albq VFW for proof of how i've contributed to the aid of Iraq soldiers in the last decade. bringing up that kind of crap when recent wars have touched us all is the kind of hubris that has caused too many of our brave men & women to be lost. NOW i'm done :kramer:

None of my comments were directed at you. Thanks for helping our vets, some great causes out there to take part in and it is appreciated by all of us who have served.

Bless us all.

 

[timschochet]

Thx to all those who've died defending Pots's right to not get it...

In the midst of a lot of silly argument, wikkidpissah makes clear what this day is truly about.

 

[slayer666]

Thank you to all the veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice, while defending our country.

 

[Ketamine Dreams]

A big thank you to all who have served. Special thank you to my Dad and sisters, one of whom is still serving as a colonel in the Air Guard.

 

[Raider Nation]

Several years ago, at an airsoft game, we had the extreme pleasure of getting to hear a story from one of the men who was at Iwo Jima. Our whole family made a point to shake his hand afterwards and thank him for his service. He died a few years ago. :( RIP

Good for you. Whenever (and I mean whenever) I see an older man proudly displaying his ball cap reflecting his military service on it - be it WW II, Vietnam, whatever - I walk over, shake his hand and say 'Thank You'. It's such a simple gesture, but it means so much. Sometimes they don't even realize why I'm thanking them and when I explain why, it often chokes them up. Nothing I enjoy more.When I was working the door at clubs (up until last summer), if someone had a military ID, I'd let them in for free. The miserable d-bag owner was against this policy, but whatever. Fire me.

 

[wikkidpissah]

If you get a chance to look at the PBS Memporial Day concert, about ten minutes in Selma Blair "performs" a recent letter written to a MemDay website by the wife of a dead soldier and you'll never have your heart better broken by any media. I was a total mess by the end.

someone finally uploaded the clip. if
dont break your heart, you dont have one.

 

[Max Power]

Thanks to all who have served and everything they've sacrificed/given to the rest of us Americans. Stealing this link from DD's sig block, but please consider a donation to... Helping disabled veterans: Wounded Warrior Project

The "Wars" have fallen off the front pages of our newspapers, but what our veterans have lost will last a lifetime.