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the lunch that a soldier purchased at Baltimore airport last week. There were about 15-20 people inline ahead of me at Subway at BWI. When I got online, this young soldier was number four inline. Not one person acknowledged him, thanked him, or even offered to buy him lunch. As he was reaching into his pocket to pay I walked over to the register and said "Thanks man, this ones on me". These kids are leaving home for months at a time, many may not even come home. Take care of those that take care of us. Please acknowledge the men and women who serve America. If you can't afford to treat them to a lunch, a simple smile or thank you will make them feel good.
Funny, I served for 9 years, and I never once expected someone to pay for anything I was buying. Whether it was a coffee, beer or some lunch at an airport. If someone did, I told them thank you and bought theirs. Just because someone offers to serve X number of years, does not mean that they get a free ride.
Yes what they do is dangerous. Yes they do a job that less than 3% of the population will do, and to add to it, they get spit on by an ungrateful nation who doesn't give a damn when they return home.
So by your statement, you should start buying a firefighter lunch or a police station donuts, caue they do the same thing, right?
After 5 years as a military spouse, you couldn't be more off. The scum in WASHINGTON make wars and murder and maim humans both American and otherwise. The soldiers (particularly with NO labor market) are young, naive, and heavily brainwashed. It takes many years to figure this out.
The serviceman deserves ultimate respect and support. The POS's in government should be forced to trade places with them for the rest of their lives.
P.S. Cops and firemen here in the U.S. get paid millionaire wages/compensation for writing traffic tickets and hanging out 2 days a week at a Taj Majal Firehouse. Military people get paid LESS THAN WELFARE, get nickel-and-dimed by a sick Military Industrial Complex, and live a life beyond hell.
Signed, 5 years with the U.S. Military using us as disposable slaves.
Last I heard, service in the military was voluntary. Not nice to bite the hand that feeds you.
I get it that enlisting is a better career path for many than working a minimum wage job. But it was a choice made by your husband. I agree that we need to continue to cycle down our military presence. But I don't agree with you about law enforcement and fire fighters. Not everywhere, but where I live, they are incredible.
Yes and whatever someone's views on the military are, why not be at least a little nice? Especially all you Obama worshippers because it is Obama who is sending our young men and women off to fight these wars and putting them in harms way.
To be fair, Bush put us there first. Obama has the follow-up yet hasn't done as much as he could to get us out.
Because of the comments I've read about Rev. Wright and John Kerry on this forum. Have you read some of the comments about Carter on this forum recently? Saying his greatest moment in life was watching a baseball game. That doesn't sound special to me. I sense some dishonesty. People praise vets in one thread and slam them in another.
Openly denouncing one's service and the service of others goes a long way to negating whatever benefit their service was to the country (KERRY).
Hating on America for a living has the same effect (WRIGHT).
Same with a panhandler. Why give a bum food or money? Im sure those whining why they should do something for a service member probably give though to the homeless. What do they do for you?
You and I don't know if all or some of those 15-20 people:
a) had already paid for the lunch of another serviceman or servicewoman that day, yesterday, or maybe will do so tomorrow;
b) were former servicemen or servicewomen themselves;
c) were not US citizens or legal residents and, therefore, his service really wasn't for them so they have no obligation or reason to thank him;
d) were buying for a large family and every dollar counts - even the one they could have spent on the soldier;
e) were simply busy in their own thoughts...
Some further assumptions:
f) That the servicemember was reimbursed for per diem on the travel claims (so providing money that could have been used to buy a pornographic magazine)
g) The servicemember could have been violating orders not to travel in uniform (so encouraging bad behavior)
h) That the servicemember could have been a Democrat (so that certain C-D members could trivialize his patriotism in the coming years, compared to what it would be for a Republican)
i) Or could have been gay (for the same reason as 'h')
In fact I'm willing to bet that most of this charity is done based on being the same race and an assumption of the same political/sexual orientation beliefs...
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