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11-11-2018, 11:57 AM | #1 |
Junior Master Dwellar
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Veterans Day
I didn't realize until I saw VA Secretary Robert Wilkie give a speech Friday what typical Trumpian total asshole he is.
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11-11-2018, 12:08 PM | #2 |
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This most recent deployment to the Southern Border during a holiday season seems capricious and hardly worth screwing up training schedules for.
Thank you to our veterans for your willingness to commit to our nations defense despite what politicians of both parties do with your commitment.
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11-11-2018, 12:18 PM | #3 |
I love it when a plan comes together.
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De nada.
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11-11-2018, 02:50 PM | #4 |
I love it when a plan comes together.
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BTW, since the southern border was mentioned, my perspective on the caravan, which originates from San Pedro Sula (been there), Honduras, is influenced by my time at JTF-B for which I'm authorized to wear the Joint Meritorious Unit Award ribbon from its first award period. US Special Forces involvement in Honduras wasn't common knowledge here back then which is typical during early interventions. SF is usually in a couple dozen countries at any given time; but, most people are only aware of a few during our wartimes and mostly unaware during our peacetimes. My interpersonal experience there ranges from meeting the country's President in his hometown residence to working with subsistence farmers so poor and marginalized that they've never even seen a doctor. If you read the rest of the Wiki article, you'll see how the US mission there has changed over time into what it is today.
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11-11-2018, 03:13 PM | #5 |
Read? I only know how to write.
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11-12-2018, 08:25 AM | #7 |
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Veterans. How do you compare VA services today compared to ten plus years ago?
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11-12-2018, 02:15 PM | #8 |
Junior Master Dwellar
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Not better.
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11-12-2018, 04:15 PM | #9 |
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But Trump is giving the US Military the first chance to defend our country since 1945.
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