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Irish_Dem

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8. I know, it must be a nightmare now in the military.
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 06:01 PM
Saturday

The lunatics have taken over.
And for women, POC, LGBT it is a career ending time.
They are even having their retirement pay taken away.

Well you know MCE after you have risked your life for a long time.
Been sent pillar to post all over the world.
Given up a lot, sacrificed a lot, it is hard to give up the pension and rank.
And Trump is threatening court martial.
This is a hard pill to swallow and most are going to go along to get along.
Especially those that are short and can see the end in sight.

I am truly glad my Dad is not alive to see this.
It would have broken his heart.
He was a lifelong ardent Dem.
He always said the AF signed his paycheck but he worked for the American people.
Fighting Americans on American soil would have horrified him.

And killing fishermen in their boats.
And then going back to murder the survivors.
I don't think Dad could have done it.

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