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Someone stated above ( not sure who ) about Vietnam being a war that had been going on for 4 decades.
Actually the problems started there in the 1800's by the British. If you want to read more about the entire thing read Vietnam the 10,000 day war.
Great reading. I am not saying that the british actually started it, but them helping to run the country is what pissed off the people there. And for any of those bitching about the cost of this latest war, Vietnam cost somewhere over 300million just to pay the soldiers while they were there.
I forget where I found this, It may have been here on GFY, but it says alot!
"I want you to close your eyes and picture in your mind the soldier at
Valley Forge, as he holds his musket in his bloody hands. He stands barefoot in
the snow, starved from lack of food, wounded from months of battle and
emotionally scarred from the eternity away from his family surrounded by
nothing but death and carnage of war. He stands though, with fire in his
eyes and victory on his breath. He looks at us now in anger and disgust
and tells us this...
I gave you a birthright of freedom born in the Constitution and now your
children graduate too illiterate to read it.
I fought in the snow barefoot to give you the freedom to vote and you stay
at home because it rains.
I left my family destitute to give you the freedom of speech and you
remain silent on critical issues, because it might be bad for business.
I orphaned my children to give you a government to serve you and it has
stolen democracy from the people.
It's the soldier not the reporter who gives you the freedom of the press.
It's the soldier not the poet who gives you the freedom of speech.
It's the soldier not the campus organizer who allows you to demonstrate.
It's the soldier who salutes the flag, serves the flag, whose coffin is
draped with the flag that allows the protester to burn the flag!!!"
God Bless America
And the Porn Dealers!!!
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