Veterans return medals during NATO protest

I saw this on RT some time ago.

I think these men are doing the right thing, the youth of this Nation is tired and weary of wars, this might be dubbed the American Summer.. of occupy protests.

That was last summer.
This summer people seem to be giving up on all of these wars and government stuff.

I say who needs a congress?
Look what they've proofed they can do.


Ron Paul 2012

The only time congress does somthing is when there @$$ are on the line and when they play the blame game for example(Iam to lazy to look up the exact details) there is this bill that was to adress the dwindleing vacines for something and it took 14 months just even talk about and when a reporter asked John Boehner why it was taking so long on this process Boehner said why were is the executive branch(F***er the president all ready put his ok vote in WTF are @$$***** doing)(the reporter didn't say that) PS Chives avatar is METAL.

I think it was one of the better thought out protests in Chicago. Now while I don't particularly agree with them, I can respect their decision, and think that they preformed a much more dramatic and effective protest then the rest of the vast hordes of college students with their heads up their asses.

Yeah, Chicago is best at everything really, those other stupid cities just don't realize it.

East Chicago is even better.
Worse crime and fewer jobs than even Detroit itself.

Very courageous. I admire those soldiers, very dramatic though, but what protests aren't?

There speaking out aganist something they don't support and I respect them for it. In a way it kind of reminds me of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War during the Vietnam war.

Symbolical and powerful protest.

Here's a link to a video
http://news.yahoo.com/veterans-symb...ba47-32660842ff6c&bcmt_s=u#ugccmt-container-b

Well you yankees love your soldiers so much (I can't still can't believe that woman on The Walking Dead episode I watched yesterday asked if 'vet' meant 'veteran' before 'veterinarian'), so it's good to see them take a stand; too often I think the people who hate them or the jerks who insist on calling all of them heroes speak for them. Of course talking isn't a soldier's strong point, so to give back medals is possibly the biggest protest they can make, short of giving back their unit patches.

Most of the veterans just want better care and jobs, these guys are just special (also those medals are granted to everyone. So to me this means jack shit)

but I agree this was one the better protest unlike those anarchist ones

Totes copying Vietnam protests...

Why we are still in Afghanistan, I don't know.

It was very patriotic and I highly admire these soldiers. We need out, we aren't helping anyone.

While I'm totally against soldiers participating in politics at all, I think it was handled with enough tact to let slide. Though, honestly, I don't understand why your personal politics would have any bearing on whether or not you did something of merit for this country.

They figured that what they did was shameful and they didn't deserve the medals. Or, rather, that's the message they were trying to give out. And why are you against soldiers playing a part in politics? As long as they don't disobey orders. They should have the same rights as any other American to protest if they disagree with American policy.

Well that just doesn't make sense. Our military is composed entirely of professionals. We don't conscript people. If you think carrying out your duty as a US soldier is shameful, you don't need to affiliate with the military at all. It's clear that they did it as a political stunt.

As employees of the state, they're supposed to remain politically neutral when acting in their position. For the more security-related professions, you're supposed to maintain that neutrality even when you're not acting in your position. It's codified, though I don't recall the name of the law.

Sure, and that's why this is something that constitutes acceptable protest. However, when you sign on as a government employee, your word carries more weight with respect to policy than most other people's do. There is a significant conflict of interests between your personal political views and your employment/employer. Now I'm probably the biggest advocate of free speech that you'll find, but when you make an agreement with your employer, and especially if your employer is the state, you need to honor it.

I don't view the opinions of my county surveyor with much weight.