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JustAnotherGen

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7. This - and not willing to send

Reply to David__77 (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 12, 2022, 11:21 AM

Apr 2022

Young folks into a war.

We finally got out of Afghanistan. . . We were there from my 20's onward. All I've known is the effects of war in my lifetime. Born in 73 - dad was Special Forces Army Officer. 1978 when he left - until 2011 when he died - I lived with that god damn Korea and Vietnam war (PTSD). Add in my husband's service in the Italian Special Forces -

Give them everything they want except American bodies.

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"Ukrainians are dying to defend democracy so Americans and other Europeans don't have to do so." [View all] highplainsdem Apr 2022 OP

No it's not this country's war. David__77 Apr 2022 #1

Oh, yes it is ! HUAJIAO Apr 2022 #3

If so in a sense then that's been the case for years and years. David__77 Apr 2022 #4

Russia has attacked 'the West." But Ukraine IS in fact doing all the fighting. HUAJIAO Apr 2022 #6

This - and not willing to send JustAnotherGen Apr 2022 #7

There's not much of a Lincoln Brigade around this time. Bucky Apr 2022 #5

It's not our war as a matter of choice. TomSlick Apr 2022 #9

Very well put. HUAJIAO Apr 2022 #2

We won't defend our own democracy, apparently, unless the assault is as obvious as bombs... Silent3 Apr 2022 #8