What one Veteran wishes the American people knew about "Supporting the Troops"

This speech was given 9/24/2012 at the University of Texas at Austin Hogg Auditorium.
http://www.facebook.com/events/157267...
Other speakers:
Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson http://youtu.be/3aXMDZmeMXE
Former Dem. Candidate for Constable Michael Cargill http://youtu.be/bhpF_SnjYxY
Libre Initiative Brittney Morrett http://youtu.be/yRwGfEB_gYM
Libertarian Senate Candidate John Jay Myers http://youtu.be/GgjNVHnrIts

References:
1) USMC MAJ GEN Smedley Butler: "There are only two things we should fight for..."
http://www.fas.org/man/smedley.htm

2) Surge troops concentrated overwhelmingly in Helmand and Kandahar Provinces.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/...

3) 2010 Study: "43% of respondents in Helmand and Kandahar are unable to name the good things about democracy."
http://www.icosgroup.net/2010/report/...

4) TIME magazine: "What happens if we leave Afghanistan?"
http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,166...

5) Contrary to claims, war in Afghanistan not ending in 2014.
http://original.antiwar.com/porter/20...
http://www.defensenews.com/article/20...
http://youtu.be/YSibpYK33xo

6) U.S. secretly releases Hezb-i-Islami commander from Nerkh Valley.
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-new...

7) Tom Engelhardt: Green on Blue violence is the equivalent of Aurora, Colorado times 21.
http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175576/

8) NATO deaths from "Green on Blue" insider attacks from Jan - Sep 24, 2012: 51
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archive...

9) 18 Veterans commit suicide everyday.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/04...
http://youtu.be/Cze-m8od5xk

10) This year as of June 3rd, for every one combat death, two troops committed suicide. The military suicide rate is double the civilian rate. Suicide is the most frequent cause of death in the Army today according to the Army Chief of Staff.
http://thinkprogress.org/security/201...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allen-f...
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/m...

11) You can elect Warmonger A, or Warmonger B, or you can elect PEACE.
http://youtu.be/zh4dU9QNPU8

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[project10bball]

um, where was this speech at? don't this this key piece of info anywhere.....lol...

[TheEducatedSoldier]

That info has been added to the description.

[hayasenokatana409]

Though I think the political endorsement kind of killed it at the end (i think it invites partisan politics), i think this was a brilliant speech, spoken from the heart and soul. Much respect to you, sir.

[TheEducatedSoldier]

Thank you. This event was a rally for Gary Johnson; He was the first speaker. Technically the event didn't just invite partisan politics, it was founded on it. In retrospect I think you may be right. It might have been better to end in a different way. I have been trying to put out the same message for awhile.

[QuartuvLarry]

We need to establish civil militia training classes into our curriculum.

[imjohnfreeman]

could the crowd shut the fuck up?

[LONE WOLF]

Feels like i'm back in the 60's and 70's the Vietnam war all over again.It's a crying shame these kids have to go threw that back then and now it should not of happened in the first place.

[jayaybe1]

Powerful stuff. I thought the grease fire analogy was especially telling.

[veritaze]

Sweet, this is the speaker I didn't record.

[Fat Albert]

3:31 BOOBS



[gmsllc]

But what about the ones that still think they are noble in corralling Americans

[hayasenokatana409]

Oh, I didn't realize this was a rally for Gov. Johnson. Doesn't really matter to me though; I think he's a great candidate. But I understand now.