Welcome home
Editor:
When Vietnam veterans came home from their overseas tour, myself included, we were met at airports and other ports of entry by hippies and liberals shouting at us, “Baby killer!”
And yet, now these same liberals and hippies are promoting abortion? BABY KILLER!
To all veterans, a hearty, “Welcome home!”
Sincerely,
Bruce Morrison
USS STRONG DD-758
Vietnam 11/67-6/68
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To the families of those who didn't return... THANKS and may God's peace find it's way into your lives. Prayers...
Let's help America return to truth. We can have an America that concerns for all lives.
All lives matter.
Please, Please register to vote, 2020 is an important year.
"The military of the United States is deployed in more than 150 countries around the world, with approximately 170,000 of its active-duty personnel serving outside the United States and its territories."
Including but not limited to:
55,245 in Japan
35,275 in Germany
26,525 In South Korea
All counties we were at war with in the past.
Plus, 40,000 are assigned to classified missions in locations that the US government refuses to disclose
You should understand the context of my comment because I specifically called out “endless wars”, ie iraq Afghanistan Syria. Trump campaigned on the promise of decreasing and ending deployment in those theatres, but has done the opposite. When called out on this the trump administration moved to make deployment numbers to those areas classified. How convenient
Strictly speaking, "deployment" refers to activities required to move military personnel and materials from a home installation to a specified destination. For service members and families, it has come to mean much more: the preparations and personal needs that need to be taken care of at home before, during and after deployment.
Many of us, who actually have experience, know about these things. Joe, you appear to be here to challenge everyone. What with that?
https://www.military.com/deployment/deployment-overview.html
You were against increasing deployment a couple months ago when trump redeployed Syrian forces exposing the Kurds. In both cases congress should have been consulted. But still curious that your tune changed
Deployment does not mean that an army unit is being sent to a combat zone.
There are different types of army deployments that each focus on specific missions. Let’s talk about these three:
Sometimes, army units are deployed to war zones, like Afghanistan or Iraq.
Other times, service members are deployed to non-combat regions like South Korea, Germany or Japan where there is NO war.
Yet other deployments send army service members to areas for humanitarian missions, especially to help the region after a disaster.
“Deployment” is when service members move from a duty station to a specific destination. When the deployment is over, the service members go back to the same duty station.
Do your background research before you spout off more nonsense.
You crack me up.
You better deploy, you'll miss the Shiite General's funeral.
Cry, whine, stomp on the floor, it will not change the definition.
Now you are wasting my time responding to your nonsense posts.
We're done.
Make sure you tell all military to register and vote.
Where is your evidence of being called baby killers. Read the freakin Pentagon Papers. And now the Afghanistan Papers. I think using the analogy of abortion and American sentiments towards that War could only come from people who don't see women as having Reproductive Rights, rights to her own body, that she should endure forced pregnancy and be submissive to what others want.
Edit add on: Regarding our Government's decisions after 911 (actually caused by Saudi Arabs) and despite having spent a Trillion fighting Wars in the Middle East, as of this date, we don't have much to show for it but a bunch of bombed out Countries, and a Million+ people killed and or injured. Just know Americans.......You will be much Safer now.
I didn't order the killing of Soleimani to start another War.
Gas Lighting Perfected.
Is that what Vietnam War was about?
Now I no!... I mean "Know"
Obama embraced the US drone program, overseeing more strikes in his first year than Bush carried out during his entire presidency. A total of 563 strikes, largely by drones, targeted Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen during Obama’s two terms, compared to 57 strikes under Bush. Between 384 and 807 civilians were killed in those countries.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Council on Foreign Relations
USA Today.
You started the semantic argument, but the point is trump is putting more troops in the war theaters than what was there when he got there.
Deflecting again?
Who gives a rat if he copy and pastes?
Again..... not much dimension in your thinking and in what you have just said.
Being called baby killers, may be some are having guilty thoughts. The Government has only learned one thing after that war.
They do not allow the daily, devastating war footage to be shown to the public now. Gotta maintain your image.
Footage of one Village being Napalmed with the little girl
captured running naked in the road was seen world wide. Maybe that is what he was referring to.
I wont disagree about the government lying, it has been for decades, and will for many more. BOTH PARTIES LIE!!! but to justify treating returning troops like shit b/c of them doing their job takes a true idiot like yourself.
As for proof..well, the writer of the letter said it happened to him, and my father, who returned a decorated Marine, was told to wear his civilian clothes on the plane due to the treatment of the troops (plus there are many other stories like this) Its b/c of this war that the 'support the troops' movement started with the following military actions. Just b/c you may not agree with the politics behind it, the troops are only doing a job that they signed up for.
But go ahead, hate the troops, hate the USA...you're a poor excuse for a human being
Watch Ken Burns documentary on that War. Many Vets were interviewed and said exactly what I have printed. I have seen the real life affects of that war, the emotional aftermath, the heavy drinking and vehicle accidents, PTSD, wives/girl friends being beaten by the boys when home.... I could go on and on. I have personally been very affected by it and could never bring myself to see the Washington Memorial. So stop with the moral high ground that you think you alone own. Many of those Vets are now involved in (I personally know) Peace groups.