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Hekate

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18. How old was he when he started West Point in 2001, do you think? 18?

Mon Apr 1, 2019, 10:30 PM

Apr 2019

As for "knowing" all this in advance, there's an activist (named Mikey Weinstein, I believe) who graduated from the Air Force Academy, served in the USAF, and was proud to send his son to the Academy in his turn after their Congressman made the appointment. Where his 18 yo son ran face-first into a wall of anti-Semitism that had not been there before. Which is why Mikey Weinstein became an activist.

I remember being 17. I graduated from high school when the Vietnam War was well under way, but what did I know? I was an idealistic patriotic young girl more inclined to think we were the country that went to the moon and created the Peace Corps than that we were the country that had gotten itself into a nasty thing we had no hope of winning, and that we were not the good guys in this picture.

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A bracing op-ed from a recent vet: highly recommended [View all] Hekate Apr 2019 OP

Brutal honesty democrank Apr 2019 #1

I hope we hear more from him too. Hekate Apr 2019 #2

Yep ck4829 Apr 2019 #23

I hope we hear from our Dem candidates vlyons Apr 2019 #3

We have heard, watoos Apr 2019 #27

Pat Tillman who left the NFL and millions of dollars felt this way to. When he was killed Tillman Pepsidog Apr 2019 #4

Never forget about Tillman ck4829 Apr 2019 #24

Well done. rusty quoin Apr 2019 #5

I get it Hangdog Slim Apr 2019 #6

K&R llmart Apr 2019 #7

MUST READ malaise Apr 2019 #8

Yip, the "ty 4 ur service" is a chickenhawk meme of the Shrub Iraq Attack UTUSN Apr 2019 #9

Kick for visibility Hekate Apr 2019 #10

K & R liberaltrucker Apr 2019 #11

Good writer brer cat Apr 2019 #12

Indeed ck4829 Apr 2019 #22

What was his turning point? WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2019 #13

In this essay he doesn't point to one single thing, but if you read through his list of farewells... Hekate Apr 2019 #16

I did read it, and found it interesting that he wasn't aware of those things before he signed up. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2019 #17

How old was he when he started West Point in 2001, do you think? 18? Hekate Apr 2019 #18

Bingo, there is rarely just one thing ck4829 Apr 2019 #21

I saw an article some time ago gratuitous Apr 2019 #14

I recommend "The New Centurians" by Donald Duncan BSdetect Apr 2019 #15

Very good read Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2019 #19

K&R ck4829 Apr 2019 #20

This is so important loyalsister Apr 2019 #25

America the bully HopeAgain Apr 2019 #26