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Siwsan

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2. I participated in a weekly anti Iraq war demonstration for about 4 years. Here's what I learned

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 22, 2025, 08:23 AM

Jun 2025

We got LOADS of young men and some young women who would flip us off, scream obscenities at us AND call us cowards.

As a veteran, I thought why not carry a supply of enlistment forms with me. I'd pull out my handy dandy stack of enlistment forms, along with directions to the local military recruitment offices, and offer them to the loud mouth hypocrites. Funny how fast that shut them up.

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