Originally Posted by
ISP James
my brother is graduating from highschool this year and decided to enlist in the marines.
people always ask me what i think about it and then criticize his decision :squint:
wtf is up with that? is it going to be like vietnam where the vet's get treated like second class citizens?
i cant even tell them that i'm proud of him because then they are quick to jump on my back about it, too. total shit.
Not in my book they won't. Not ever.
The debt we owe as citizens for their sacrifice cannot be repaid.
Obviously I don't know the whole story, but it sounds to me like you're dealing with people that cannot differentiate between supporting the military and supporting the war.
John is right.
Call them out on their ignorance.