I don't personally - and by that I mean, face to face - know anybody who actually got shot at in Viet Nam. I know people who were in the military during that era, but lucked out.
Similarly, my dad was drafted during Korea, but for reasons known only to the Pentagon, spent all that time in Norfolk.
I am reminded of an old joke - and being three sheets to the wind, I'll tell it.
A couple of young men - college boys - decided to spend their summer break working on a farm in order to pay for their college. And at the end of the summer, when they went to collect their pay, they were not at all happy with it, and questioned the farmer.
He explained to them that, while he did pay them for their work, he also deducted for their lodging, food, laundry, and mule pussy.
"Mule pussy!?!?!," the young men exclaimed. "We never f@&#ed your mule!"
"Well," said the farmer, "she was there for you."
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I don't look down on any man (or woman) who was there, able to be put into the line of danger. They also serve who only stand and wait. With respect to combat, they were there for it.
Admittedly, being shot at is different than standing and waiting. And for actually being shot at, you deserve our gratitude. But if your argument is that the men who were standing and waiting to be shot at are garbage compared to you, sorry, but I have to disagree.
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I am celebrating winning an important motion in a sexual harassment case, that means that my client - and I - should be able to collect some serious dinero.
So please excuse the vulgarity, if you find it offensive, and I hope you don't. Being "there for it" is not just a joke. |
