Posted by gromit on November 18, 2004, at 13:53:00
In reply to Re: off topic, but important » gromit, posted by MKB on November 18, 2004, at 8:07:04
> Your post, as well as some before yours, is offensive to me. My sons are in the Army Reserve. They serve because they choose to. No one has forced them to sign up. They love the Army, love this country, and admire our President. No one forced any of our military to join. They are all volunteers and know it is part of their job to go where they are sent. This is a chance they take in return for the numerous benefits, including free college education. No one wants to lose a child. But I already know that if one of my sons loses his life there, he will have died doing what he wanted to do and doing it proudly.
I didn't intend to offend anyone. Your post could also be considered offensive, you seem to be implying that because one doesn't support the war they aren't proud to be American and don't support our troops. I understand that we have a volunteer army and like I said those guys are heroes, your sons are heroes. If my son chose to go in the service I would be proud of him of course.
I am not proud of our foreign policies, especially the current administration's policy of shoot first ask questions later. I am angry about the so called "Patriot Act" and many other abuses of the Bill of Rights and I'm not going to apologize for having an opinion others disagree with.
Rick
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