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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAs a veteran, I can honestly tell you the soldiers Trump sent to the border are pissed off.
Soldiers know when they are being used. Many of them have families and I know they are cussing Trumps name. The single soldiers may not be as angry because they may see it as an adventure and they were not taken away from their families.
There is probably nothing for them to do. They will get bored quickly. They will start searching for something to do if you know what I mean. I was single when I served. If you put me in a situation like they have been put in, Look out!
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)right now 9 of them still think he is like a god.
SimpleC
(279 posts)SOLDIERS are NOT blind idiots....
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)These servicemen did not sign up to be used as extras in a Trump reality show for political posturing. They know this deployment dishonors their service, and I'd be surprised if a good number did not consider it morally wrong.
SimpleC
(279 posts)I was a soldier too... I don't get your meaning....
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)To be taken away from their families for NO reason other than to do a political stunt for a fucking traitor?
Now sadly many serving now and veterans do love rump, but many dont and none like being used.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Youd think Trump would be aware of things like that.
When I was young I lived in Fayetteville, NC close to Fort Bragg and went to High School with army kids. After I graduated I dated a few soldiers. It was during the Vietnam war so most were deployed to Vietnam. My experiences were always pleasant and I always felt safe. Nice memories.
I hope they all survived during that war and after.
paleotn
(17,956 posts)its far better if its for a good reason. Soldiers known when theyve been sent on a shit mission.
shockey80
(4,379 posts)It's hard leaving your family for a good and just reason. Being forced to leave your family for a con job is a nightmare for a soldier.
SimpleC
(279 posts)Shockey80....
What are you implying?....
shockey80
(4,379 posts)All I am saying is the soldiers are pissed.
SimpleC
(279 posts)we're going to do something awful...
NO.... I sat there and watched oil wells burn.... and not once did I think about doing something awful...
I didn't like your message....
shockey80
(4,379 posts)I meant when soldiers get bored they will look to find a way to get to a bar, go looking for women. If they are restricted they will try to sneak away. At least that's what I did when I served.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)shockey80
(4,379 posts)I understand how you took my post the wrong way.
SimpleC
(279 posts)I've been through two wars.... LOL... it has effected me... but at the same time,,, it's made me cool... to some..
shockey80
(4,379 posts)You are my brother, "Never forget".
SimpleC
(279 posts)I don't know how to explain it.. my kitties understand....
They are keeping me sane.
I understnd your statement... but for a second it enraged me..
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)demigoddess
(6,644 posts)understand. He just likes to use his power. LIke a kid moving toy soldiers around.
That's him.
military brat/military wife here
sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)It will be the ONLY time Trump visits deployed troops.
They will be sent home the next day..
SimpleC
(279 posts)Some of soldiers are actually good human beings...
blugbox
(951 posts)They are not implying the soldiers are pissed and will start killing people from boredom or anything like that...
All they are saying is that it sucks to be taken from your family to go serve for a dumb reason like guarding our own borders from starving families.
Kingofalldems
(38,475 posts)And no electricity I understand.
shockey80
(4,379 posts)Trump may keep them there through Christmas. Can you imagine?
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,585 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,043 posts)SimpleC
(279 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,043 posts)mahina
(17,696 posts)They volunteer to serve their country.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,043 posts)They WON'T be serving their country, but private interests like Halliburton.
mahina
(17,696 posts)If our military is working for the interests of corporations, that is our fault, and our responsibility to change, not theirs.
Aloha also means goodbye.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,043 posts)It's their own choice and I won't sugarcoat it or excuse it.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)That is what I remember from my time in service.
Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)A smart CIC would have ordered the boys to pack up and ship all their shit to Paradise, California, then cut them loose for the holidays.
Yeah I know, a smart CIC wouldn't have sent them there in the first place.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)to the Border,and as of yesterday,she is totally pissed off about this deployment. First is was no food and darn limited water. Until the tents went up,they were sleeping on the Desert ground. Morale is out the window. And she was scheduled for R&R next week to join her parents for Thanks Giving.
That is not going to happen as of last night.
mahina
(17,696 posts)For our troops?
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)this is not the first Rodeo for our Military. Remember,Cheney told Rumsfeldt that he would have to go to War with the Army he had. My good childhood friend was one of the Advance Teams on the ground for that one. They lived in the dirt for a couple of weeks until they got their Air Drop of supplies.
This is nothing more than a Donnie Too Stupid's Ego Stroking event.
mahina
(17,696 posts)Living with the Montagnards.
But he was one of only five GIs.
Hoping they can come home very soon.
Takket
(21,625 posts)eating rations, while drumpf hides in the white house having a meal prepared by the best chefs in the world.
He hates the military and abuses them for his own publicity stunts.
this should be front page news every day until he sends them home
SimpleC
(279 posts)It does suck that so many troops were deployed for a political stunt...
It does remind me of an episode in the military...
I'm trying to remember who it was... it was hillarious... we cleaned the ship top to bottom... shining brass and everything... no detail was left behind... we spent two weeks cleaning EVERYTHING...
He showed up by helecopter... was on the deck for a whole 30 seconds.... and climbed onto another helicopter and left...
It's an old school trick by a lot of generals and people of rank.... because he was logged as being on our ship he got a medal for being in a combat zone...