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Re:Jack Ma: US wasted trillions on warfare instead of invest... by influx on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @12:51PM (#18717636)
To give you some context on this, after the Vietnam war many protestors attacked the troops coming home. Many in the US, later regretted this, considering that many of these troops were drafted into the war, and came from some of the most vulnerable communities.

After the first Gulf War, there was a deliberate effort to thank the troops when they got home, which has persisted after 9/11.

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Re:Jack Ma: US wasted trillions on warfare instead of invest... by stdplaceholder on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @01:07PM (#18717780)
To give _you_ some context on this, attacks by protesters on returning troops from Vietnam is a myth. The reason people venerate "the troops" today is 50 years of concerted right-wing militaristic propaganda which serves to deflect legitimate debate by classifying any kind of criticism as being "against the troops".

https://www.amazon.com/Spitting-Image-Memory-Legacy-Vietnam/...

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