<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> There's a middle ground between blaming and thanking. How about, "Glad you're out of that hellhole." Joanna boddi satva wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="midd25729380511231159k2f212e59l16e0421e0dbb7ff8@mail.gmail.com"> <pre wrap="">Hang on, 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 </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">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). </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">You never miss an opportunity to thank our soldiers for their "service"?! I think your friend's not the only nutcase. Carl ___________________________________ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> ___________________________________ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>