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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
As a veteran of foreign service for our military... no he didn't. Veterans who act like dicks and think the world owes them a favor annoy me more than people who don't think show any gratitude to those of us who served. Just a pet peeve of mine, especially for veterans who, like me, served but never saw fighting or even served as "peacekeepers."
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And guy who stormed the beaches at Normandy, or jumped into France, or flew over Germany, or sailed in the Pacific, or took part in any way with our victory in WWII, can be the most crochety, old, flagrant asshole known to man. IMO, he earned it.
If you're a Veteran of wars since then, there's a little more question as to what you actually earned, but old vets are hero's IMO. Not to be too melodramatic, but at an age when you and I were bitching about dying on level 20 of some dumb video game, they were dying for the freedom of the world. So even if they were and aren't the nicest person, they still deserve our respect.