The phonies are perpetuating the mythology and the ongoing retributions, censorship, physical and/or financial harm of every man, woman, and child suffering for the wasted resources sustaining the Military Industrial Complex.  Every veteran is just a pawn in the never ending war policies carried out for financial gain for the 1% corporate elite.  Your failure to recognize it while perpetuating the false claim that every veteran is to be idolized instead of just respected contributes to the lockstep brainwashing represented by all of the false public displays of patriotism.  No citizen owes their freedom to any of the current veterans.  Those who actually defended this nation in WWII are mostly long gone.  No military action since has had anything to do with real freedom for this nation.  I do not thank you for using veteran status to demand loss of freedom for all who stand for real freedom.