Re: OFF TOPIC -Hanoi Jane anti-war bus tour

But we don't live in a democracy, we live in a republic.

Eliyahu Rooff wrote:
That's not how a democracy works, and those of us who think the government is making a mistake do our country a disservice by remaining silent. What we learned from our own experiences in Vietnam is that we need to differentiate between opposing the war and supporting our soldiers who are fighting it. It's quite possible to do both.

Eliyahu 



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