Does anyone else get just a little bit nauseous when they see someone wearing camouflage as fashion? Does anyone else stop to think what price the wearer DIDN’T pay for the privilege? Does anyone else think of how many of those uniforms have been bloodied, or how many of those sleeves have been separated from the rest of the shirt along with the arm inside it?
I was sickened by the ad shown shown here, and not just because I hate pop-ups in general (got ’em blocked now). “Get the Desert Hat Worn by our Combat Troops in Iraq. Great for the Summer!”
If you wonder what a veteran feels and thinks when he or she sees a civilian walk by adorned with a piece of uniform they once wore, I would recommend asking a veteran:
Veterans for Peace
Veterans for Peace and Justice
Iraq Veterans Against the War
It sickens me.
I am not a veteran, but I am a member of Veterans for Peace. If you are interested, contact them about membership at their website above.
It’s kinda weird that you bring that up…I’m wearing camo cutoffs. I totally empathize. I don’t mean disrespect..neither do most kids that wear them. I don’t like when some wear like the uniform…example the neo nazis and my brother,because they have no respect. The camo i have on now isn’t really for fashion sense anyhow…They are army issue camo cut into capris…My brother bought the past for me along time ago. I don’t know..I just wear them because they are comfy. I also think of them as my fighting for peace pants. I don’t mean disrespect at all…You got me feeling a little guilty now. It is a good point though. i think that when one decides to wear their camo{if they have not been in the military},they should keep in mind who has fought and died wearing it.
Comment by Tina — June 21, 2006 @ 10:24 pm
now your making me have to change. Shoot my brother got them for me…And i can’t stand him
Comment by Tina — June 21, 2006 @ 10:29 pm
Someone should tell our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq that wearing an American flag backwards symbolizes retreat. The troops are not at fault, of course; rather, it was some bureaucrat in the Defense Logistics Agency who wrote a specification for a backward-facing flag for uniforms because he or she never bothered to read 4 U.S.C. 7(i), which states that whether a flag is displayed vertically or horizontally the blue field must be upper left.
Interestingly, WWII paratroops also wore an American flag patch on their right sleeve, but they got it right. The blue field was upper left
Comment by Gary Jacobsen — January 18, 2007 @ 10:52 am