I'd like to hope that she's speaking more from personal experience that any sort of liberal ideology. Some people don't know anyone who's been deployed and some people know so many. Either can affix a person's position.
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I was seated at a party, talking about what I do to the woman next to me, when my date proudly also mentions that I was in the National Guard. Promptly the woman next to me said, "Oh! I am sorry" To which I quickly replied that "I wasn't, I volunteered after 9/11 and am proud of my service." (suprisingly for me since I am normally a bit slow on the comebacks)
Then she asked if I had been deployed. Of course I hadn't and said that I still needed more training. Of course she said "I bet you are hoping that we pull out of Iraq as quickly as we can". (on a roll here, unusual) I stated that "Actually I would like to finish the job and leave Iraq in a stable state, better than we found it"... Then noting the nudge from my date I dropped the line...
It took me quite a while to get over the shock of the first response.. I didn't even mention it for a couple of days since I was kind of stewing over it.
"Sigh"
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I'd like to hope that she's speaking more from personal experience that any sort of liberal ideology. Some people don't know anyone who's been deployed and some people know so many. Either can affix a person's position.
8:57 PM