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Weren't some of your heroes of time past executed, persecuted and exiled for the very beliefs you hold so dear?
Have you been executed, persecuted, exiled because you espouse similar beliefs?
Why is that?
Maybe such flippant disregard for "our boys" is a little unwarranted?
Their sacrifices, regardless of when the sacrifices took place, allow you to vocally proclaim your beliefs and values whenever or wherever you want.
Maybe they deserve a little bit more latitude than you give them?
Since the beginning of our country, they have spent every waking hour of every day risking their lives so that you may live the life you want to, to believe the things you want to believe. Whether you agree with their mission, current or past, that is the belief that drives them on. That is the belief that makes them face constant danger, willingly and voluntarily, while you postulate safely at home.
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while this has been equally touching each of the thousands of times i have heard it, i really do not see where this sentiment can be bent around into a condoning of war crimes if they are perpetrated by american troops, nor into a rationale for blocking the setting up of an extra-national legal instrument that could prosecute war crimes, if and when they occur.
i really dont.
explain to me the link, please.
you act as though there is one...