Ken Padgett

We are not innocent victims who are defending themselves against evil. We brought most of this on ourselves because of our own history of meddling in the affairs of others.   They didn't attack us on 9/11 because of our freedom. They attacked us because we set up bases in Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War and then never left. Then after 9/11 Bush and his cronies thought it would be a great idea to invade and make Iraq a client state, so we could close most of our bases in Saudi Arabia and replace them with a bunch of fortified bases in Iraq. How's that working out so far?  We do not have to be the world's policeman. We don't have to protect oil that goes mostly to Europe and Asia. We don't have to support 'everything' Israel does. We don't have to go to war against Iran to stop them from getting nukes. We don't have to over-dramatize everything that happens in the world in order to justify more military misadventures. We don'...

"I spent 26 years in the military, made four combat tours, retired in 2011, never lost any of my men, which I'm most thankful for of all I accomplished, sometimes even when we come home we don't, Chris Kyle much as others are or were tortured by the things we had to do, but I gain my balance by knowing that there is help and that my service was valued. Less than 2% of the USA population serves in the military currently, so less than 2% protect the freedoms of the other 98+% of this country and still some are not happy, well than I suggest for those who don't like being protected by this country's 2%, don't worry about getting a passport and just leave , we don't want you back, if you don't want to leave than I suggest you enlist and become part of an elite group of individuals who put it on the line every day. If your not part of the solution, than your part of the problem." "Dale" thinks we should never question ANYTHING the mili...