JimBowie1958
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Patriotic feelings produced by remembering our dead and wounded soldiers should always be divorced from the decision to fight or continue a war or any politcal decision for that matter, unfortunately this is not the case. How many times has some spending on veterans and their families been attached to some unpopular measure and then used as a lever to make politicians vote for it? Or opposition to a supplemental spending bill to fund the wars painted as "not supporting our troops"?
Very true; politicans (ie vote mongering whores) almost always piggy-back other items on their agenda when it comes to popular legislation.
But that does not reasonably tarnish the memory, glory, honor or heroism of those who have sacrificed life and limb for our nations freedom.
When we look at the big picture as you have done, we should always keep in mind that the more the shills gather to a cause the more righteous that cause must be to draw such an accumulation of parasites.