I hope we are not sliding back into the Vietnam era stupidity of blaming soldiers. Once you are a soldier you lose your political independence, you serve the government and you have to do hard, shitty things that most people are unwilling to do - and do them at significant personal risk. You better believe I never miss an opportunity to thank people in uniform and I would suggest that, particularly as a leftist, you start doing the same.
boddi
> >
> >A childhood friend of mine is in the Marine Corps and went back into
> >active duty. He's serving right now in Fallujah. He's quite a
> >right-winger but of course I have sent words of encouragement and
> >support (even though I think he's a lunatic, I NEVER miss an
> >opportunity to thank our soldiers for their service).
>
> You never miss an opportunity to thank our soldiers for their "service"?! I
> think your friend's not the only nutcase.
>
> Carl
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