A pair of Democratic lawmakers – both combat veterans – blasted their own party for a social media post marking Memorial Day.Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) called out the the Democratic National Committee for posting photos of 13 U.S. service members killed during the military conflict with Iran and bl...

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  • joeljoelle@piefed.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I don’t think it’s in poor taste to acknowledge the massive waste of life that has been happening, we’ve been sending a lot of mostly POOR young people to die for nothing for years and years and no one talks about it. Of course we need to honor people who sacrifice their lives for our country, but also, it is okay to ask, was it really necessary in the first place? I think preventing further people from being tossed into the war machinery is more of an honor to them than anything else could be.