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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans only respect a certain type of veteran
That is, he had better be a fundamentalist Christian, crew cut, conservative and for a militaristic foreign policy.
Veterans who do not fit that archetype will get no respect from Republicans.
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Republicans only respect a certain type of veteran (Original Post)
bluestateguy
Jul 2015
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TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)1. True.
They do not respect Dem veterans, or veterans who took the "wrong" lessons from war.
Dwayne Hicks
(637 posts)2. Its funny
Those are the type of veterans I have disdain for.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)3. Vermin republican politicians really don't care about any veterans
They pander to vets but only love war to increase their power.
If pukes cared about soldiers, they wouldn't lie us into wars.
angryvet
(181 posts)4. or dead
they care for them too.