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<blockquote data-quote="KDM" data-source="post: 444907" data-attributes="member: 314"><p>First off, thank you for your service Db.&nbsp; You and your Vietnam brothers got a shit deal.&nbsp; You and your fellow troopers were given a bum rap by those who sent you there and by those who are unable to comprehend what you and your brothers placed upon the alter of sacrifice.&nbsp; I'm here to tell you, you're not alone.&nbsp; I know what it is to believe in what you are doing and have a completely different reality dropped on your head by the same people you thought had your back.&nbsp; I spent 6 months in Afghanistan in '07 killing and trying not to get killed.&nbsp; Lost irreplacable time from watching my daughter growing up, lost irreplacable time with my wife, watched my brothers in arms fall, and had a good portion of what I was brought up to believe ripped away by politics.&nbsp; Watched the same people who claimed to be my advocates in government give the whole fuckin' shebang back to the very booger eating SOB's that were killing my brothers and trying to do the same to me.&nbsp; I understand where you were and where you are now as I am there as well.&nbsp; We didn't lose that war either.&nbsp; We weren't allowed to win.&nbsp; It's SOP for this country if you look at history and it makes me want to puke.&nbsp; All of that is irrelevent in the quiet times all combat vets endure.&nbsp; What's relevent IMO, is to ensure that we, the survivors, HONOR our bretheren.&nbsp; We live for them.&nbsp; We remember them.&nbsp; We teach the younger generation the lessons we learned.&nbsp; Then, and only then, can we go and meet our brothers again with our heads held high, without shame, without disgrace, and with full knowledge that WE DID THE BEST WE COULD!!&nbsp; God Bless!!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="KDM, post: 444907, member: 314"] First off, thank you for your service Db. You and your Vietnam brothers got a shit deal. You and your fellow troopers were given a bum rap by those who sent you there and by those who are unable to comprehend what you and your brothers placed upon the alter of sacrifice. I'm here to tell you, you're not alone. I know what it is to believe in what you are doing and have a completely different reality dropped on your head by the same people you thought had your back. I spent 6 months in Afghanistan in '07 killing and trying not to get killed. Lost irreplacable time from watching my daughter growing up, lost irreplacable time with my wife, watched my brothers in arms fall, and had a good portion of what I was brought up to believe ripped away by politics. Watched the same people who claimed to be my advocates in government give the whole fuckin' shebang back to the very booger eating SOB's that were killing my brothers and trying to do the same to me. I understand where you were and where you are now as I am there as well. We didn't lose that war either. We weren't allowed to win. It's SOP for this country if you look at history and it makes me want to puke. All of that is irrelevent in the quiet times all combat vets endure. What's relevent IMO, is to ensure that we, the survivors, HONOR our bretheren. We live for them. We remember them. We teach the younger generation the lessons we learned. Then, and only then, can we go and meet our brothers again with our heads held high, without shame, without disgrace, and with full knowledge that WE DID THE BEST WE COULD!! God Bless!! [/QUOTE]

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