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Originally Posted by Alawen Everywhere [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You're wrong and it is patently absurd for you to tell me what I did and why.

I only spoke in facts. You were offered a job, which you took. It's very simple. The U.S. Military is an employer.

Originally Posted by Alawen Everywhere [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Like my father before me and like his father before him, I served my country before I began my career.

Why do you use the euphamism "served my country?" Why don't you just say "was employed by the [applicable branch of the U.S. Military]?"

Originally Posted by Alawen Everywhere [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I would have made more money working at McDonald's.

That says a lot about the employer.

Originally Posted by Alawen Everywhere [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I am not whining about anything.

You took a job and now you want to feel special. People don't treat you special because of one of your early career decisions, and you're now venting. That's pretty much whining.

Originally Posted by Alawen Everywhere [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I love my country and I would serve again if called upon.

They need people.. You should re-up your contract.

Originally Posted by Alawen Everywhere [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I am not a mercenary;

That is not even debatable. You took money for being in a military.

Originally Posted by Alawen Everywhere [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I am not a whore.

You are the only one who used that word.

Originally Posted by Alawen Everywhere [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

One of us seems to think about everything in terms of dollars; I do not.

How you choose to think of the things you do doesn't alter the fundamental facts. You took money for whatever it is you did in the military.

Originally Posted by Alawen Everywhere [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Your argument style is extremely offensive, insulting and unattractive.

As is my wont.

Originally Posted by Alawen Everywhere [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

In one short post you have managed to suggest that I am not only a whore but a cheap whore, that I am brainwashed, that I am deluded, and that I am a murderer.

I didn't suggest these things, I stated them; there is a subtle, yet important difference. Also, when I said "how many bullets you've taken while killing brown children," that was a more general indictment against any people who have actually done those things, not necessarily you. I had thought you more educated than to assume my usage was concrete.. ..unless of course.. ..you HAVE done those things.

Originally Posted by Alawen Everywhere [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

All this because you do not agree with me that America's problems can be solved and that it is up to us, the American people, to help solve them.

Actually it's because you (and many others) seem to think America has some kind of right to solve the world's problems however the U.S. Government sees fit because we have monetary interests in different parts of the world. I would like to see how far you get if you invested a certain amount of money in some company, and then when they stopped doing what you told them, you go in there with some guns and try to tell them what to do differently.. This is an almost exact analogue to what the US does in foreign nations. This also makes me wonder why you ignored the actual content of my post and instead just focused on defending yourself.

Originally Posted by Alawen Everywhere [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I suggest you read your own words carefully and reflect on what they say about you.

Backatchya G.I. Joe.