Comments on: Our Wounded Warriors: No Typical In-flight Magazine Story http://themoderatevoice.com/50311/our-wounded-warriors-no-typical-in-flight-magazine-story/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Thu, 31 May 2012 01:03:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: D. E.Rodriguez http://themoderatevoice.com/50311/our-wounded-warriors-no-typical-in-flight-magazine-story/comment-page-1/#comment-224259 D. E.Rodriguez Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:29:20 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=50311#comment-224259 Vet9:<br><br>""And thank you for, in your Editor’s Note, encouraging all of us to support and honor our brave warriors."<br><br>I'm not sure how I am supposed to react to this statement."<br><br>You can react whichever way you want to "this statement," Vey9.<br><br>I, for one, did not and do not support the Iraq war, but I sure as hell respect, admire, honor and support our men and women who sacrificed over there.<br><br>Just my opinion<br><br>Dorian Vet9:

“”And thank you for, in your Editor’s Note, encouraging all of us to support and honor our brave warriors.”

I'm not sure how I am supposed to react to this statement.”

You can react whichever way you want to “this statement,” Vey9.

I, for one, did not and do not support the Iraq war, but I sure as hell respect, admire, honor and support our men and women who sacrificed over there.

Just my opinion

Dorian

]]> By: Father_Time http://themoderatevoice.com/50311/our-wounded-warriors-no-typical-in-flight-magazine-story/comment-page-1/#comment-224217 Father_Time Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:11:59 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=50311#comment-224217 Yes I agree it's frustrating and a bit disingenuous to praise their noble actions when you disagree with the entire premise for the war. Especially since, in the end, the reasons for these various wars seem to always turn out to be horse crap. So the young go and volunteer, which dilutes one’s complaint verses the draftee that had no choice. Yet the tragedy is the same. What to do about it becomes more confused.<br><br>Remembering the VA hospital in San Francisco, full of Vietnam vets, it was quite the horrible place. One thing to die of your wounds, quite another to die alone in that hell. Many did. Maybe things are better now. Yes I agree it's frustrating and a bit disingenuous to praise their noble actions when you disagree with the entire premise for the war. Especially since, in the end, the reasons for these various wars seem to always turn out to be horse crap. So the young go and volunteer, which dilutes one’s complaint verses the draftee that had no choice. Yet the tragedy is the same. What to do about it becomes more confused.

Remembering the VA hospital in San Francisco, full of Vietnam vets, it was quite the horrible place. One thing to die of your wounds, quite another to die alone in that hell. Many did. Maybe things are better now.

]]> By: vey9 http://themoderatevoice.com/50311/our-wounded-warriors-no-typical-in-flight-magazine-story/comment-page-1/#comment-224195 vey9 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:00:36 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=50311#comment-224195 "And thank you for, in your Editor’s Note, encouraging all of us to support and honor our brave warriors."<br><br>I'm not sure how I am supposed to react to this statement.<br><br>Last year, I saw something I never thought I would see again in my lifetime, a double amputee below the waist going into a Target store. Growing up, I saw quite a few of them, from Korea and then Vietnam. Bouncing Betties and Booby Traps is what they were called instead of IEDs.<br><br>My mother explained what happened to them to me and as I got older the amputees became more plentiful. Then the number fell off. Surely, we wouldn't get involved in this type of thing again, I thought. We don't need any more people like that.<br><br>But I guess I was wrong. Nobody I knew thought it was heroic to get your legs blown off. It was just what happened when you did what you were supposed to do. “And thank you for, in your Editor’s Note, encouraging all of us to support and honor our brave warriors.”

I'm not sure how I am supposed to react to this statement.

Last year, I saw something I never thought I would see again in my lifetime, a double amputee below the waist going into a Target store. Growing up, I saw quite a few of them, from Korea and then Vietnam. Bouncing Betties and Booby Traps is what they were called instead of IEDs.

My mother explained what happened to them to me and as I got older the amputees became more plentiful. Then the number fell off. Surely, we wouldn't get involved in this type of thing again, I thought. We don't need any more people like that.

But I guess I was wrong. Nobody I knew thought it was heroic to get your legs blown off. It was just what happened when you did what you were supposed to do.

]]> By: Father_Time http://themoderatevoice.com/50311/our-wounded-warriors-no-typical-in-flight-magazine-story/comment-page-1/#comment-224131 Father_Time Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:30:08 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=50311#comment-224131 Yes and to our wounded warriors of the other failed American wars, we love you too.......I think. Yes and to our wounded warriors of the other failed American wars, we love you too…….I think.

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