Why don`t we show more thanks to our soldiers when they come home like in the old day`s????

Question

We do not have home comings like they had in the 60`s & 70`s i am not a military man and never will be but i still beleave in the U.S.A and what it stands for so when our men & others come back from war we should show more thanks then we do as americans.That is my opinion and i am sorry if i hurt your feeling but this is my opinion!!!

Answer 1

Because people lack the moral intelligence to appreciate what our men and women in uniform do for our society, and the average person isn't completely aware of just how personally connected to our Countrie's policies they actually are.

Answer 2

Well - my son is in Iraq... and fighting for us. I never remember anyone being acknowledged coming home from vietnam..... it was the opposite for those poor guys. They have been the majority of the homeless in this country - which is really sad - because they can't even get health care for the damage we did that affected their health 'forever' (because ya know - we 'really didn't')....

If you look at the old war movies - and the rallies when they returned home, it was because everyone 'of age' was in the service. There was a draft in the 40's, There were no available guys home.... they were 'away' or had some kind of illness where they couldn't go in the service. The people in the 60s got screwed.

I am dead-set against this war and have been since the 'talks' after 911...... but..... I support the guys there. They're doing their jobs and my son feels his heart is in the right place.....I hope that if these guys end up coming home sick - with illnesses 15 years from now - that our government will take care of them.... you know ....... support the 'their' troops.

Answer 3

Why would you be sorry for asking that question, it was a good one I think their should be parades, for these men & women when they come home, they should be dancing in the streets,and everyone of them deserve to be wined & dined in the best steak houses, for months after they get back, an they should be exempt from paying taxes of any kind ever again, because America shouldn't take money from the only ones that defend her. Income tax is against the constitution of the United States,I think the 40s were better for honoring these hero's than the 60s&70s ever were,come to think of it they were terrible with those troops,that came home spitting on them, an calling them baby killers, while running off to get a abortion themselves Vietnam wasn't a popular war either, but thats not the fault of the brave men & women that fight for our country

Answer 4

If you go to any military installation and talk to the families there, homecoming is a big deal. But like someone else said, they don't come home in huge numbers. They only come home a few hundred at a time, and even then they know they are leaving again soon. (We knew when my husband would be deploying again before we knew when he'd be home this last time. Pretty crappy.)

The way they do homecomings here, I'd be pretty ticked off if a ton of strangers showed up to the ceremony. It's hard enough to find my husband in a hangar full of soldiers and families, the last thing we need is more people (or even worse, the media) getting in the way of us getting to our soldiers. The soldiers do appreciate your support, but all they are concerned with when they get off that plane is getting to their families. Show your support in other ways - donate to military charities like the Fisher House or write to your representatives in Washington to make sure the military gets the funding it needs and that benefits don't get cut. My husband and I, at least, would be much more thankful for that than for people waving flags for a few minutes at a homecoming ceremony.

Answer 5

The reason people don't show more gratitude is because they're busy sitting on their behinds, whining and moaning about how much the war has cost in casualties, and how Bush is trying to take over the world, and how the world is generally falling to hell. They're too busy being anti-war activists and Bush bashers that they've forgotten that our soldiers, no matter what war they're fighting in, are brave, brave, wonderful, amazing people defending us at every turn. That they are giving of themselves for us and our country. People just don't remember that anymore.

I completely agree with you and I think it's sad to see the pitiful homecomings troops now get. As a military spouse, I've learned more than ever the sacrifices of soldiers and their families. It saddens me that people can't differentiate between the war that's being fought and the soldiers fighting it. Sure, be anti-war if you want... but never anti-soldier.

Answer 6

I have been an army wife for five years and I am still shocked by the way people talk about the men and women fighting for our freedom. My screen name used to be armywife but i had to change it because of how some people treated me. Telling me that my husband is over there Fu##ing Iraqi women and that's why he joined and that they hoped he was killed for being there,,, just nasty things. He is home now thank god and is also a purple heart recipient because the truck he was in hit an IED. Thankfully he only sustained minor injuries but it could have been so much worse. I just hope that if any of you inconsiderate jerks out are reading this you realize that everyone of the soldiers has a family that loves them very much and we are all making sacrifices to keep your a$$ free!! My three little girls would be devastated if they ever heard anyone speak of their daddy in such a heartless manner.

Answer 7

So go to a local military installation, ask when the guys and gals that are deployed are coming home, and be there with bells on. There were many, many people at the airport in Dallas when my husband came home for mid-tour leave, including a good number of veterans in their 70's. There were volunteers handing out goody bags and water to the returned soldiers. The local schools had their kids do drawings and paintings and they covered the walls. As for when he was redeployed, there were also many relatives and friends. I don't think the guys felt gyped.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

For one its not like thousands of soldiers are coming home at one time. The war isn't over. its a random company here and there home for a month or so before being sent off again. I always try to talk to them and wish them well, but you can't really have a parade for them when they know they are just going to get shipped off again. I just want my friends home safe, and i hate for any soldier that dies esp. when its such a controversial cause and i really don't know if its doing the world any good.

Answer 10

My husband recently left for is first tour of Iraq. I hope that when he comes home it is truely special! There have been many times when we were walking thru walmart, the mall, where ever, and random people have come up and asked my husband if he's military, ( i guess its the haircut and the way he walks that gives it away) shook his his hand and told him thank you! It always brings tears to my eyes and makes me feel so proud of him! So people do still care, its just not as many!!