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mahina

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31. The argument that nobody made him enlist is nearly as grotesque as this Epstein administration.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 05:55 AM
19 hrs ago

Last edited Tue Mar 3, 2026, 01:46 PM - Edit history (4)

People sign up to serve with the understanding that we promise to take care of their health and not abuse their gift of service. The already fragile VA system is being harvested and raided as if a hedge fund bought it for parts, or a bonfire maybe.

Anyway. Yesterday morning I held the letter signed by President Obama that reads:

The United States of America
honors the memory of
(Dad)
This certificate is awarded by a grateful
nation in recognition of devoted and selfless consecration to the service of
our country in the armed forces of the United States.

Barack Obama
President of the United States



I don't know if the text in the letters change depending on the president and his (or one day her) thoughts. I realize this was signed by autopen. Doesn't matter to me.

If today Mr. Тяцмp were to write such a letter, without mocking his absurd speaking tics but focusing on substance it would read:

Hello poor person. Because you are inferior, you are willing to risk your life daily for very little pay. Suckers and losers like you will now serve my personal interests as part of the most powerful military in the history of the world, at my disposal to profit myself my friends and my family however I wish whenever I feel like it, with absolute disregard for the safety and security of United States of America and her people. Please know that I will very gladly sacrifice the life of you and everyone you know without a thought if it profited me by one single dollar. But trust me, I'll get a lot more than that for your lives.

You're welcome,
Donald Тяцмp

Please know that no one enlisted in order to enrich Donald Jessica Trump and his minions as a private military. They enlisted to serve this country. It is literally perverse to so abuse and capture the gift of their service. Not unlike switching sides in the middle of a fucking war, which he also did for Putin.

We must not let ourselves be manipulated to divide ourselves up into tribes,D v. R, men against women, races and cultures, every way that can. I read the OP as very possibly at least influenced by, perhaps even generated by those forces that see to divide us because hatred only weakens us. No, I did not check, but I encourage everyone to make sure that we are not getting our emotions whipped up in the service of people who do not have our best interest in mind and want to divide us. If she's real, my heart breaks for her.

I fight hatred in my heart. Hate is never the answer really, (well maybe except for Putin.)

In my opinion

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Righteous rant! Emile Monday #1
that's exactly how I feel FoxNewsSucks Monday #2
She seems to have trouble expressing herself Takket Monday #3
I would have added "You ought to be ASHAMED of yourself!" CTyankee Monday #4
The people who voted for this do not know the meaning of the word. Scalded Nun Monday #15
My heart goes out to her and all those in the path of this disaster. chowder66 Monday #5
this needs millions of views Celerity Monday #6
Righteous anger. Martin68 Monday #7
Exactly how I feel LittleGirl Monday #8
My service member family still seems to support the monster. Hope22 Monday #9
I'm with her! llmart Monday #10
That Blast Was Stronger Than I Expected ProfessorGAC Monday #11
I heard someone recently say "I hope he burns in hell long before he dies". Grim Chieftain Monday #12
Devil's Island has a vacancy. thought crime Monday #29
I hate him, too. May he rot in hell soon. Joinfortmill Monday #13
i feel for her. How many in the military voted for Trump? samsingh Monday #14
My daughter is an officer and did not vote for the garbage person. harumph Monday #20
Thank you to your Daughter for serving this country samsingh Monday #23
And if you brag post "THIS IS WHAT I VOTED FOR" on any social media site, I hate you even more! Initech Monday #16
So say we all! BidenRocks Monday #17
You hate them but they didn't make him enlist Fullduplexxx Monday #18
As far as I know, most of those who enlisted did so expecting to defend our nation, not attack others. DFW Monday #19
Sounds like you are saying whst trump said to a grieving Figarosmom Monday #24
When is the last time we engaged in a conflict crim son Monday #27
NOPE Skittles Monday #28
The argument that nobody made him enlist is nearly as grotesque as this Epstein administration. mahina 19 hrs ago #31
Hey, I revised my response to you and have included it below just in case it might assist in illuminating this mahina 12 hrs ago #33
I hope no one goes after her MacKasey Monday #21
Don't worry... Hope22 Monday #25
Thank you Kendall Brown Figarosmom Monday #22
She has courage maccafan Monday #26
On board, Sista! czarjak Yesterday #30
Irredeemable trash malaise 19 hrs ago #32
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