You forget that I am a vet, and I am proud of my service.
It's not apparent from your breakdown of the federal government and it's expenditures.
To you, why is jingoism attached to the entire non-social/welfare discretionary spending of the US Government? Specifically to the VA AND the DOD. A great deal of Veterans Administration benefits are being paid out to Veterans of the Cold war, Vietnam, Korea and other smaller actions. Or to people that are just retired and never saw a lick of combat but still risked their lives. A great deal of operations are utterly unrelated to anything resembling jingoism and are entirely beneficent for the world at NO significant value to the US.
Yet we still do it. To me, seeing an MEU, a Carrier group and a Maritime Preposition Squadron rushing to the Indian Ocean was a sincerely proud moment. What does that all mean to you? Do you think the Navy should have a bake sale to fund critical parts for Jets or do you think they people who are jobless should be told you have 9 months to get a job or your on your own?
I emphatically disagree that connection to the DOD can be distilled down to 'Jingoism' and I think you should be ashamed for the characterization. You can lay that shit on the Department of State but leave it of the Military.
I know a lot of OIF/OEF vets that would have a serious set of words to exchange with your characterization that they're unjust. Especially the ones that have more than one tour into the Sandbox or the Stan under their belts.
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It's not apparent from your breakdown of the federal government and it's expenditures.
To you, why is jingoism attached to the entire non-social/welfare discretionary spending of the US Government? Specifically to the VA AND the DOD. A great deal of Veterans Administration benefits are being paid out to Veterans of the Cold war, Vietnam, Korea and other smaller actions. Or to people that are just retired and never saw a lick of combat but still risked their lives. A great deal of operations are utterly unrelated to anything resembling jingoism and are entirely beneficent for the world at NO significant value to the US.
Yet we still do it. To me, seeing an MEU, a Carrier group and a Maritime Preposition Squadron rushing to the Indian Ocean was a sincerely proud moment. What does that all mean to you? Do you think the Navy should have a bake sale to fund critical parts for Jets or do you think they people who are jobless should be told you have 9 months to get a job or your on your own?
I emphatically disagree that connection to the DOD can be distilled down to 'Jingoism' and I think you should be ashamed for the characterization. You can lay that shit on the Department of State but leave it of the Military.
I know a lot of OIF/OEF vets that would have a serious set of words to exchange with your characterization that they're unjust. Especially the ones that have more than one tour into the Sandbox or the Stan under their belts.