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Originally Posted by HarryT
Criticism OR praise for military personnel should be confined to the P&R forum. Please keep this thread strictly to the "mechanics" of this donation program.
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Nothing like a dose of moral equivalency.
Criticism of military personnel is political because it is implicitly directed at the mission, or at the implementation of the mission, or even the existence of the mission.
But praise of military personnel can come from any quarter, even a pacifist.
Praise and support of those who are willing to risk their health and lives for us is not inherently a political statement. It is a recognition of the virtues of courage and self-sacrifice. The recognition of virtue is fundamental, not political.