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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Oct 2017

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Ryan Struyk

    A military elite that also has political power & thinks civilians are decadent. This will not end well.https://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/921105799090491392 …

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    Kelly on US troops: "They volunteer to protect our country when there's nothing in our country anymore that seems to suggest that selfless service to the nation is not only appropriate, but required."
    1:27 PM - 19 Oct 2017
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      1. danny pinion‏ @sirala6 19 Oct 2017
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        They intend to change the Constitution at its core. They do not respect basic humanity; you earn your rights w/blood or you forsake them.

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      1. Keeper99‏ @PaulKeeper99 19 Oct 2017
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        Good God that's quite extraordinary.

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      1. Ugh ObWi‏ @UghObWi 19 Oct 2017
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        Well, he needs to go.

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      2. Mano Caldas‏ @DADDYJOSE 19 Oct 2017
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        It didn't stop us in Korea nor Vietnam.

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      1. “Do I want to enter this non-normal world?”‏ @tercets 19 Oct 2017
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        Maybe jabbing Trump for making him defend him on this & doesn't actually think ill of civilians? Trump can't be good for recruitment #s.

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      1. Thomas Kaempfen‏ @ThomasKaempfen 19 Oct 2017
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        True that popular culture encourages self-advancement, hedonism, materialism. But there's still a lot idealism and sacrifice out there too.

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      1. shaaver‏ @sishaaver 19 Oct 2017
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        sure it will. with a third forever war bigger than we've seen in forty years.

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      1. dedc79‏ @de79dc 19 Oct 2017
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        It's a speech Jack Nicholson's character could've given in A Few Good Men

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      1. Andrew Maragni  🇺🇸‏ @Drew106 19 Oct 2017
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        If you haven't yet, read @stephenWalt's article on the parallels between Trump and Kaiser Wilhelm and 1914 Germany and the US today.

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