[Vision2020] Please Help our dying troops!

[Tom Hansen]

Greetings Visionaires -

For a person that says that he has supported our troops his entire life,
this is how he supports retired veterans.

I feel that I have two options.

1)  I can continue this immature babble with a V2020 subscriber that
continues to insult my 20 years of service (along with my disability) or

2)  I can ignore it and let cooler heads prevail.

I am not mad at Mr. Arnold.  I pity him.  I forgive Mr. Arnold's ignorance.
Maybe his venomous comments reflect what he was taught to be right, what he
has learned to be appropriate behavior.

One other thing that I have learned as a soldier is that sometimes you must
turn the other cheek.  Although I am extremely tempted to fire back at Mr.
Arnold, I feel that by firing back at him I am paying the veterans on the
listserve a disservice.  By firing back, I am acknowledging that his
venomous statements harm me and my fellow veterans.  This, to me, is what
Mr. Arnold is hoping for.  I cannot let statements from an individual who
has never warn the uniform insult those who have.  As such, I refuse to
continue this immature argument and forgive Mr. Arnold.

Pro Patria,

Tom Hansen
SFC, U.S. Army (proudly Retired)