What is this, "They volunteered" crap? I mean did they

[SammyWinstonJack]

volunteer to be LIED to? Since there hasn't been a draft for how long now? of course they volunteered! They, however, didn't volunteer to be slaughtered over a pack of lies perpetuated by their Commander in Chief! Kool-aid drinking freepers never GET IT! do they?

[walldude]

1. When they say that it always sounds like

"Glad it was him and not me" to me...

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. It does, doesn't it? n/t

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Latest freeper meme

I've come up with several arguments/answers

1. If you volunteer to help a fellow move, and then find out he lied and he's stealing stuff, are you still required to help because you "volunteered"?

2. If you think volunteering means you agree with Bush, why aren't you in uniform?

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. Good points to which I am sure they have no good answer!

Imagine that!?

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. It isn't just the freeepers

http://www.livejournal.com/community/christianhippie/133641.html

[Fire Walk With Me]

"They volunteered", as opposed to those who are saying that.

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. Exactly! n/t

[wtmusic]

3. They enlisted voluntarily to serve their country

not the board of directors of Halliburton

[KyndCulture]

4. What happened to ...

never putting our armed forces in harms way unless absolutely necessary... I thought we had a duty to them, those who volunteered, that we would never put them in danger unless it was a last resort.

I want a freeper to answer that for me...WHY was it a last resort?

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. The ultimate freeper GW bush should answer that! n/t

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. Plus Casey was killed way before anyone had proven

that they were never going to find WMD's in Iraq, or that Bush lied about Saddam being a threat to the US, or that he was connected to Osama bin Laden.

Casey was doing his duty, that's a lot more then can be said for Dimson when it was his turn to do his duty.

[VADem11]

9. A lot of them didn't have any choice

Think of all those kids who had no choice but to join to pay for college or to get a job. So many others joined because they actually wanted to help defend their country and not fight for no reason at all. Those freaking freepers will think of any excuse.

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. Yes they will and anything to get out of actually serving themselves!

amazing!

[LSK]

11. 1 weekend a month, 2 weeks a year

Thats what they volunteered for. Thousands of National Guard troops. To get an education.

[Just Me]

13. DAMNIT!!! They volunteered to defend our country NOT EXPAND>>>>

A CORPORACRATIC EMPIRE!!!!

:grr:

No one said they were going to be drafted into a duty they didn't sign up for!!!! No one said they would be exploited by profiteering LIARS!!! No one said they would be subject to betrayal, along with the rest of the American people!!!

:grr:

[SammyWinstonJack]

14. Exactly!

Pisses me off to no end! This right wing talking point they all spew! Go volunteer freepers! Since you apparently support your AWOL war monger!

[rateyes]

15. And, pray tell, when are they going to volunteer, dammit!

When they enlist, this country makes them a solemn promise, "We will not put you in harms way unless absolutely necessary. Bushboy broke that promise...they didn't volunteer for this...and, btw, * "volunteered" during Vietnam, too. So, why they hell didn't he go?

[TexasLady]

16. I found out today it is very hard and futile

to even try to discuss all the lies being perpetrated by the * administration. They apparently resort to violence, name calling, and weenie comparison...ok, last part, my take on it. :)
edited to add..mine was ultimately BIGGER

[SammyWinstonJack]

19. They are blockheads!

:evilgrin:

[Just Me]

21. Those freepers do behave like abusers and batterers, don't they.

They certainly have exactly the same character defects as those convicted of spousal abuse.

[SammyWinstonJack]

26. Yes they do! Actually I just think they are incapable of thinking

for themselves. I told my husband they drink the kool aid put out by their leaders, he, not being particularly political, wanted to know what I meant by that. :evilgrin: bless his heart!

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. The troops did volunteer

to defend the country against enemies both foreign and domestic, now care to guess where some of these Neo Cons fall?

And they are starting to realize that we are not behind the CiC, that is military families... or retirees... that is a very uncomfortable feeling if you get my drift

[SammyWinstonJack]

22. I do get your drift. I am taking issue with the morans who shout

"Casey Sheehan volunteered and his mother is disgracing him" I doubt Casey Sheehan, who btw, isn't here to defend his stance, would like to see his mom smeared by these cretins, who haven't a clue what volunteering to serve their Country militarily even means!

[nadinbrzezinski]

31. Yes we do, but yuo can bet the cretins are readying DU

so that was for them

;-)

[SammyWinstonJack]

35. Kewl!

:-)

[Cleita]

20. They didn't volunteer to be abused by their own

Commander-in-chief. They have been abused by not receiving adequate equipment, by not getting decent food, by having their tours extended without volunteering and by not receiving proper medical and veterans benefits when they return. They didn't volunteer to become homeless when they become no longer useful to the Bush either.

On edit: No one who supports Bush can in conscience say they are supporting the troops because he is using them in the worst and most abusive way.

[tabasco]

23. It's another way to say ...

they're expendable

That's how chickenhawks view our soldiers "they volunteered - let 'em die!"

[SammyWinstonJack]

24. Cannon Fodder!

:grr:

[kbm8795]

25. They also didn't VOLUNTEER

to have their enlistment contracts extended without their consent.

[Zenlitened]

27. Recommended for Greatest page.

That's exactly it. :thumbsup:

[SammyWinstonJack]

28. Thanks! nt

[Zenlitened]

30. You're welcome.

:)

[SammyWinstonJack]

29. My first btw!

:woohoo:

[progressivebydesign]

32. And most volunteered years before Bush was selected!! n/t

[lotus]

33. And they won't let 'em unvolunteer either!

In most areas of life, you're allowed to change your mind. But these poor "volunteers" are never allowed to change their decision, forever being called back to duty whenever the gov't sees fit, and it is apparently a court marshallable offense to decide otherwise.

What's up with that??

[SammyWinstonJack]

37. shanghaied?

Is that what we should be calling this, instead of stop loss? Seems appropriate.

[KelleyKramer]

34. A lot of them are held over against their will

These idiot freepers are stepping into a pile of dog shit with this ridiculous excuse.

They are holding troops over, extending tours, re-upping more tours on fake 'legalize bs', even running a back door draft stop gaps.

And if you make it through all that and finally make it back alive, the Republican congress cuts your veterans benefits!

[SammyWinstonJack]

36. Support the Troops!

They haven't a clue what that means.