PC is an abomination.

If one accepts that the only legitimate purpose of gov't is to protect the individual rights of it's citizens, the US has not been involved in any legitimate war since 1812. Speaking as a drafted veteran of the Vietnam War, at a bare minimum, the wars of the latter half of the 20th Century have been acts of aggression on the part of our gov't. It has little to do with 'political correctness' excepting the bastardization of the English language and the kidnapping of ideals such as patriotism, heroism, valor, honor, bravery, and service.

So, whatever is going on in the Mideast at this point is no more sacrifices than the million or more sacrificed since 1812. Freedom was lost a long time ago beginning with the conscription acts of the Civil War. On top of that, deaths of citizens at the hands of our civilian police since 9/11 has far exceeded deaths incurred in combat. So I would argue that ignorance of inalienable Individual Rights and the intents of our Founders has been the larger travesty against freedom, and we have no one to blame other than ourselves.

Incorrect, our troops have been sacrificed since the Korean war for no purpose that is beneficial to the USA. I have engaged with many young men who have been sacrificed either mentally or physically from Vietnam to the middle east today. What did we gain from Korea, an A-HOLE dictator that we feed, from Vietnam a memorial in D.C. that has been defaced recently and of course our illustrious leadership is send more troops to the middle east to get back areas that we had but lost. They the politicians involved in these activities are just plain old stupid.

same thing in Vietnam...that was my war...had the odd occurrance to sit next to Henry Kissenger years later on an American Airlines flight from L.A. to NYC in first class (i was a pilot for American, no longer an Air Force pilot)...he freely admitted that we were in Vietnam to prove to the communists that we were willing to sacrifice American lives equal to communist willingness to sacrifice their people......Madielene Albright had the same attitude...Colin Powell did not...HillaryBeast did not care one way or the other...leadership and attitude starts at the top...time for real change...

The US soldiers have been the pawns of the politicians for a long time now. The politicians aren't preserving our rights, but are just pursuing their own personal goals. They wage war and then pay for reconstruction-all with printed money

None of the "conservative" or "liberal" or "other" leaders have managed to curb the political correctness insanity or the continued departures from military leadership of those that advocate for the job. The direction of this nation will not be changed; freedom has been lost. Those who believe a good offense is the best defense of this country have been misled. When the likes of Obama, Pelosi, and the current candidates for the presidential office are correctly identified as evil and the roots of discontent, we may have a chance. Don't count on it. When the people of a nation recruit warriors, elect a commander in chief who sends them to war, elect representatives who draft more warriors and enrich themselves from regulating not-just-war materials, pay taxes to support a military far in excess of that required to defend our shores and rights, and then you ask me to make sense of it? After putting guns in our hands and ordering us into harm's way, we may go to die or go to jail. If warriors survive, the people of an ungrateful nation call them killers, spit on them... Tell yourself that the people are not responsible for the actions of their leaders. Tell yourself that the "civilians" are innocent bystanders. If you think that even the knowledgable people are shell-shocked, that isn't it. Brainwashed. And it is the unknowledgeable products of our public education system that have turned us all into victims of political correctness. I tire so quickly of the polls, the lack of candidates, the absence of statesmanship, the pablum of the media. Above all, please do not thank me for my service. I did not serve. I was employed. I worked. I was very successful. But I did NOT serve for 31 years on active duty. I supported and defended the US Constitution, but I did NOT serve the people.

As I have posted many times, the job of the military is to kill people and break things, to bring the enemy to a point of capitulation. The military is not the Red Cross. The military is not a religious group. It exists for the defense of the nation and that defense in order to be meaningful, must be aggressive to the point of becoming an offense. Anything other than that and you have a waste of money, lives, and eventual loss, not only of the battle, but in its most extreme, the nation.

War has always been about fat rich politicians making deals. The soldiers are thrown under the bus. I have a friend who was a pilot during Vietnam. They were told what they were allowed to bomb, but told to stay clear of anything owned by the Rothschilds in that country. Even when it complicated the job and jepordized their own safety. Ware is treated as a screenplay, not a real mission, yet our guys die for it. When the likes of Pelosi show disrespect for the military, it sickens me, and her need to control how we interrogate prisoners is ridiculous. The treated Patton like an enemy. They cut short the Desert Storm march, when they could have been in and done. We the people are told one thing about why we need a war, but the fact is, it profits someone in DC.

well, in 24 hours I have one downvote on a post which
I really thought was timely -- memorial day and all. -- j
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This is about the total lack of honor our politicians have, and the absolute abuse of the military since WW2. The political establishment (both parties) have always been willing to toss the military option around like it is some tag line to a stump speech. Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, all had soldiers die because of incompetent leadership in the field, and at home. As said by many, force is the weapon of last resort, but when employed, EMPLOY it. People will get hurt and killed, you need to be prepared for that before you so cavalierly send in the troops. It is so disrespectful to send in troops with ROE that a 3 year old thought up. To think they can, in the middle of combat, stop and decide if that is "really a bad guy, or sort of a bad guy". The complete lack of common sense and decent, clear orders leads to some of the worst atrocities as numbskull junior officers try to make some impossible rubbish work on the field. Many atrocities have happened because some crap head order or ROE was "interpreted" to mean something else. If you authorize force, stand back and let it go, no strings attached. But make sure you really want to go that far. The fact they had to protect themselves from their own chain of command is indicative of how crappy our leadership is now.

I thought the PC war had been lost, ( Just in case any is PC I mean no offence in the following statements ) I can no longer call a black person a nigger, The nursery rhymes have been altered to reflect this too. I sure that every one can think of examples of the PC lot interfering, Strange that a black person can call us honkey or whiteie! ( Again no offence intended I'm just using the terms for demonstration purposes only)