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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Pearls Before Swine: Uncle Is Not Good With Money
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:11:26 -0600
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On 1/11/2025 7:19 AM, D wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 10 Jan 2025, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> 
>> On 1/10/2025 7:53 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>> ...
>>>> There is a bunch of warmongers on this board.
>>>>
>>>> Lynn
>>>
>>> I'm not a war monger, but you seem to be Neville Chamberlain.
>>>
>>> This isn't something we can negotiate. Putin must be taken down.
>>>
>>> pt
>>
>> Tell you what Pete, lets send your children to war this time.  I have 
>> already sent my son to war twice.  The first time he came back to us 
>> severely damaged (double concussion, wouldn't let him come home for a 
>> month until his eyes start focusing) but better than four of his 
>> buddies who did not come back. One of his buddies died right next to 
>> him and the Iraqi turncoat turned the AK on my son but had run out of 
>> bullets so my son shot him ten times with his pistol.  The second time 
>> he came back in fairly good shape even though his platoon were 
>> bodyguards to the US Marine Colonel of their battalion and driving him 
>> all over western Iraq for a year trying to keep a civil war from 
>> starting.
>>
>> My son is now 41 and a noncommisioned officer (corporal).  He spent 8 
>> years in the Corps (4 active, 4 reserve) and is subject to callup 
>> until he is 46. He figures that he will be an instructor if he gets 
>> called up but we never expected him to get sent to 100 yards away from 
>> Syria and constantly fighting gun and mortar battles with them from 
>> Iraq.  To this day he cannot go to a fireworks display and it has been 
>> 18 years.
>>
>> Lynn
> 
> I'm sorry to hear that. Was he drafted? =(

Volunteer for the US Marine Corps.  The USA has not had a draft since 
1973 or so.

Lynn