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Originally Posted by chelsea24
Fact: Condoleezza Rice and George Bush we warned over and over again about Bin Laden and did nothing about it.
Fact: Over 3000 people were killed because of this on 9/11.
Fact: Bush dropped the ball in Afghanistan when we had Bin Laden in the crosshairs.
Fact: Bush invades Iraq for no good reason other than profiteering and his every growing "hero" complex.
Fact: Over 4000 dead and counting.
Fact: Service men and women DO drink, just like everyone else. Suprise. I respect our troops, I have a loved one there, but serving does not automatically make them saints. I have many many friends that served in Viet Nam and still have trouble with drugs and alcohol. The ones that came home alive, that is. My Godfather has had 26 operations on his leg to date from Viet Nam and he's been know to toss back a few.
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1. There seems to be selective memory when it comes to the Clinton administration's failure after the 1998 Embassy Bombings to neutralize bin Laden and the A-Q folk involved. Success then -almost 2 1/2 years before the Bush administration began - may have made a difference into whether 9/11 would have ever happened. We will never know, because it's a "what if."
2. I have many friends that I served with in Vietnam with whom I still maintain contact - and several whose presence are still with me despite being gone forever before their time. Of all, the percentage with drug and alcohol problems is far less than without. So, any asinuation that being a veteran is an immediate tie-in to booze and/or drugs is not taken as a constructive comment or acceptable reference.
Veterans do not claim to be saints, but don't automatically deserve to be classified as boozers or druggies simply because their political opinion differs from anyone. It's no different than classifying all Democrats as philanderers based on the actions of Presidents Clinton or Kennedy, or all Republicans endorse crooked deeds based on the actions of Pres. Nixon or Vice Pres. Agnew. OR classifying all members of an ethnic group as ______ or _____.
Negative classification is bigotry, and shows itself by negative connotation. If such association to booze and drugs was levied against a racial or ethnic group, there would be screams against it. When one is not a member of the classified group, it may be difficult to understand or accept that negative classification is offensive. The "some of my best friends are ____" doesn't change the fact - ask any offended group member.
I guess it's like motorcycle riding - If I have to explain it, you won't understand . . . .