... BTW I knew that, my dad is a ~35 year Vietnam marine corps and Army nat'l guard VET.  I'm proud of his service to our country, and that of EVERY American service person.  My family tree includes helping build one of the 1st churches in Boston.  We've fought in EVERY war since, and have paid the blood and time sacrifice.

What galls me : is today's Republican who foam at the mouth for ever more war, and a real inability to see the waste in today's Forever Wars of Choice.  When justified wars are needed, I'd rather have our valuable and cherished troops available to go fight THOSE ... not dead, maimed, injured and buried due to these countless wasteful wars we currently fight without much thought from our 'leaders'.