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annm4peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 10:20 PM
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Watch Frontline: Wounded Platoon tonight on PBS: Shame of our military and our country

What I sent my relatives and friends, especially those who are Republicans and War supporters.

"You will see why I have gave up so much of my life for the past 9 years. I have heard these stories over and over.. I had images of what was to come when I stood on a corner with other people in Fresno.

This shows what happens to some our troops when they come home. One of these troops might be standing next to you at a store, a baseball game, class, bar, etc.

Frontline as always, does an incredible reporting from the actually people in the story.

Third Platoon, Charlie Company. What happened to them in Iraq, and what happened when they came home.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/woundedplatoon/?utm_campaign=homepage&utm_medium=bigimage&utm_source=bigimage

If you watch just 10 minutes you have ask how.. how can we keep supporting and sent our people to these occupations. and 3 Trillion of our tax dollars. Even though I protest, write letters, etc.. my tax dollars have payed for all this pain.

We need to know what is going on, if we are to change it. "


** Watch it till the end. Our troops are used to kill others, and then we throw them away.

We call them Heroes, and then when the suffer from PTSD and Head Injuries we let them suffer, we encourage them to self medicate.
We send more off to these so called wars.

* support Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Veterans for Peace.



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Scuba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 03:40 AM
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1. Just put a yellow ribbon in your rear window... that'll cover it.
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annm4peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 07:55 AM
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2. I wonder how we can write Jose Barco
How shameful of that Judge to say what he did to Barco.

I would love to send postcard Barco.

Our tax dollars created Barco's behavior
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 10:38 AM
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5. I caught the last half hour - that was a ridiculous sentence and the judge's
statement was ludicrous. Also the callous comment from that officer at the end: 'If I'd fought this war before blah blah blah...'
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stuball111 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-10 04:20 AM
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8. I saw it tonight....sickened me!
That Judge is a huge part of the PROBLEM! What a dickhead! He completely ignored the facts, knew NOTHING about what that kid went through, and proceeded to chew his ass out and shame him for wearing the uniform! What a piece of shit! And they give the anti-vietnam protesters of that era shit for spitting on troops! Those protesters were uninformed too, but this guy is plain evil!
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babyblonde Donating Member (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 10:29 AM
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3. OMG!
i saw it.........we are raising psychopath murderers
LIZ AND DICK CHENEY AND ALL THEIR MINIONS......need to go to the gallows
war fought on a giant lie


oh
YOU TOO TONY BLAIR:nuke: :cry:
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 10:31 AM
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4. K/R
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:08 AM
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6. "I'll watch while chomping on pretzels. Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R)
Edited on Wed May-19-10 11:10 AM by SpiralHawk
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:09 AM
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7. "I'll be counting my war profits. Sneer." - xVP Dickie 'Five-Military-Deferments' Cheney (R)
Edited on Wed May-19-10 11:11 AM by SpiralHawk
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