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Posted by: bubba2 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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In the night, he would yell out his name, rank and serial number. He'd shout that he would never be taken hostage. Four times he tried to choke his wife because, in his nightmares, she was al-Qaida. Finally, the pain was too much - 2 days after his 30th birthday, the veteran of 4 tours of war became part of a grim litany of veteran suicide statisti

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PsychoHosebeast1 month, 4 weeks ago

The word "hero" has certainly been cheapened in the past seven years.
How about "tragic victim of a ruthless administration?"
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fotoman11334061 month, 4 weeks ago

Guys,
There's an old sayin..."WAR IS HELL"; that's only PARTLY true. It's often, afterwards; that it's REALLY hell.

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bubba2

I'm OUTTA here! The new format S-U-C-K-S! (I'll check back occasionally just in case Propeller regains their sanity and restores the previous format ...

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