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Originally posted by Phasad1913
In general, why do you guys think the sentiment (which overwhelmingly seems to be negative on this board) is so different from older generations of military personnel that we all know of in our families and so forth who, depsite having to fight under the conditions of segregation and mediocre status, still felt/feel pride in having served the country and being a veteran? In you all's experiences, is this true? Is there a difference in how younger "military-eligible" Black people feel about the military NOW and how our parents/grandparents felt about the service then?
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Because most of us with direct contact to those family members know that they were promised a lot and were given nothing. We've seen too many peers come back from basic or combat all screwed up in the head. And really, like another poster said, I gotta fight HERE to get what I'm SUPPOSED to be able to claim as an American citizen. I'm not flying across the globe to support W's retarded policies, watch my family go broke because the aid they were supposed to get was cut in half and maybe get blown to bits because he cannot admit he was wrong and pull out.