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Quote Originally Posted by CFH View Post
It's just misdirected anger. It's the government they should be mad at, it's not like the troops have any choice in where they go.
No but nobody is forcing them to join the army either. It's a personal choice. Unfortunately it's clear that a lot of troops are signing up without really understanding what they are getting themselves into.

Granted they shouldn't be abused during the parade but you have to question the credibility behind politicans forcing this 'heroes' mentality on the public.

IMO they know they've fucked up but PR stunts like that and propaganda can at least make it all look like it was necessary
Oh, don't get me wrong, I strongly disagree with the notion of soldiers as 'heroes' who are protecting my liberty blah blah blah and all the other bullshit buzz word propaganda slogans they hurl at us.

However, you can't really blame the individual soldiers, regardless of whether or not the joined the army without coersion, they don't make policy.

Do I question why someone would want to dedicate their lives to enforcing the policy of a bunch of rich assholes who spent the vast majority of their time looking out for the interests of other rich assholes? Of course, but the blame for them being in Iraq doesn't lie on their shoulders, that is the fault of the government and the interests they represent.