Quote:I live in Jacksonville. North Florida. Tons of veterans. I think you have to agree to retire to Orange park when you sign up.

 

Thus I hear a lot of "thank you for your service", we love or veterans, the word hero is thrown around a lot.

 

Apparently a lot of that is a bunch of hooey - at least by some on this board. A family loses a son in service and you can't just do the decent thing and say "Thanks for you son's ultimate sacrifice" and let it go. Nope. Have to attack the mother. Have to attack the father. And now Byron stays true to form and attacks John McCain. All for Donald Trump!

 

Real classy.

 

At least now I know that "thank you for your service" really means "thank you for letting me use your service for political purposes."

 

Nobody is immune to criticism. Not vets, not Christians, not Jews, not Muslims, not republicans, not democrats, not conservatives, not progressives, not Trump, not Clinton. Nobody. Mr. Khan, in my (and millions of others) opinions made statements that were out-of-line or blatantly false. From his completely incorrect assertions about the constitution to the using of his son as a political statement. The same people who attacked Trump, Republicans, and Patricia Smith for using her son as a political tool with Benghazi are now defending the use of the Khan and their son as a political tool for Muslim immigration (and attack on Trump). Do you not see the hypocrisy?

 

Nobody is throwing out respect for veterans, and to assume so is just silly.

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