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Madjack's avatar

I had a recommendation recently. If we want to go to war, 50% of random Americans have to find the country on a map.

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Unsaint Finbar's avatar

I doubt if, in 2010, 1 in 10 Americans could have differentiated Iran and Iraq--on a map or culturally--if they had not served over there.

I am very pro-military. I count many veterans as friends. But on balance I don't anyone can honestly argue that our governments since Korea--which should have resulted in a unified non-Communist peninsula--have supported our troops with integrity.

If you look at, say, Afghanistan, it's become hard for me to believe that many of our wars are not just some horrifying for-profit game.

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