Heartbreaking: Here's what a U.S. soldier said when asked to justify the war on terror

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64. No, you're not a warmonger

Vietnam vets had it tougher than most any of the others I think.

I can honestly thank people like my father-in-law who served in WWII, came home with PTSD and died too young. I can thank people like you and an old boyfriend who also went to Vietnam, he often woke up in the night thinking he was in a listen post. And I can thank the old men who I used to pick up in the ambulance. No matter how short the ride to the hospital they always talked about their war experiences, which had been stuck on replay in their minds for decades.

These young ones though, I just don't feel any gratitude towards them for their service. I really don't think they are protecting our country or rather countries because I'm Canadian. I do have compassion for them and I get why so many join up. I've often heard it called an economic draft, its getting tougher for youth to get a good job with benefits and decent pension. One of my neighbours is a young woman who joined the Canadian navy for that reason. Now she's a single mother and when she goes back to work she can be deployed off on a ship for I think she said up to a year. Obviously she's dreading that, being on her own with a new baby.

Problem is, they ARE over somewhere murdering people in horrible ways. And I think there are too many who are crazy like some of the cops are today too. Blasting away randomly killing like its all just a video game or movie and "just following orders" is no excuse.

So anyhow I quietly won't wear a poppy anymore. I believe the poppy used to symbolize "never again", but now it seems to just glorify the endless wars that go on to feed the military industrial machine. I do however like to give a donation to the local Legion as they are always hard up for money.