Life just keeps getting busier and busier.
Well. I went the the April 15th tax day rally in Chicago. I met some great people and a whole lot of veterans. We spoke of taxes, second amendment rights, and American morals.
The night before, I read the Department of Homeland Security report which said Iraq/Afghanistan veterans are potential recruits for domestic terror organisations who are fed up with the government. It also stated that one of the reasons for this backlash was the problems a veterans has in returning to the civilian world.
BS!
On the 15th I met peaceful veterans who disagreed with the policies of the government. They challenged the policies through peaceful protest.
The worst thing (for this administration) I heard from anyone was that they were going to vote their local, state, and federal officials out of office if they don't get their act together.
In my opinion, many of our nations highest posts are filled by those who didn't serve and therefore will never understand the love we veterans feel for our country. Not to say that non-veterans aren't patriotic...quite the contrary. Obama, Biden, Peolsi, Reid, however, are members of are products of the liberal ferver which held this country in the 60s and 70s. I meet veterans from the Vietnam-era all the time who speak of the way they were treated by hippies and other groups on their return to the states. Those hippies now run the country.
The government should be hailing these returning heroes not blacklisitng them.
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I am not too surprised by the DHS release. Although I didn't read it in its entirety (don't think I spelled that right). I believe it is a generalization, most folks in the military tend to be right leaning to begin with, and I have met more than my share of vitriolic right leaning folks from the service.
Do I think any of them would actually become right wing extremists who would attack this country? NO! I think it was wrong to release this type of information because, well a lot of people aren't too bright and might get the idea that veteran's are right wing loons who hate America.
As for the term I don't think that terrorists of any flavor should be given the title as right or left. I feel it bestows a credibility that they don't deserve.
My one concern from all of these tax day outings is that no one was protesting a few years ago. Government spending was higher than it had been in the previous two administrations and no one was having tea parties or the like.
I think we need to all calm down a bit before we take to the streets. The economy is in dire straights and it is forcing our leaders to take drastic actions, not all of which I agree with, but this administration is not yet 6 months old.
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