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...Those men, my fathers, both suffered severe mental and physical damage in WWII. This doesn’t make them heroes, but the liberation that they helped enable was and is a good thing.



"...was and is a...good thing".

Well, owlbow, the dead and maimed will be pleased to know that their sacrifice for the well being of others did not make them heroes but that you think that they did a "good thing".


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This may differ from my country’s current international involvement. This is not the place for that discussion.



Be advised, owlbow, this is not your country. This is "others" country too and it is not your call to say here your politics and then imperially declare that this is not the place for "that" discussion.