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Karla M LaZier's avatar

Thanks Matt - as a mother and a woman who has raised sons plus a daughter it is imperative that we teach our children to think clearly about what and whom the military serves. Not them but corporate masters who have been manipulating the truth to line their pockets on the backs of our children via “war” without end see Palestine and the fact we give US military benefits to dual citizens serving in the IDF. When will it end ? It won’t future wars will be fought by robots when humans refuse to serve.

My 88 year old husband died recently he was an F 4 pilot in Vietnam in 1969 bombing Laos when Nixon said we weren’t. His disgust and anger at what he had been part never went away and he suffered PTSD for 55 years. He would caution anyone seeking to serve because it will mark and maim them forever, do not become a weapon for anyone.

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Granny62's avatar

As the wife of a retired AF pilot who kept his home and family safe during many deployments, trainings, tdy’s and unexpected “trips” , the details of which I will never be able to know about, we too look back and see now how he - WE - were used for purposes not always noble. It makes me sick. So we cannot recommend military service to our grandchildren- but I do encourage political service and engagement. We need to cultivate more virtuous political leaders- and many of them.

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