We are getting good medical care when we get back. Parades are useful. In fighting depression, guilt and PTSD. I'm fighting all three right now at different points.
Listen, we should stand behind those that are willing to serve. Most of the people I went away with enlisted before or shortly after 911. We didn't know Iraq was on the horizon. That being said, if I got stop lossed today and activated to go to Iraq, I would go, because I am a soldier, and I swore to follow the orders of the commander in chief, and those officers appointed above me. Its not a moral choice. How you act when it's your boots on the ground is how you show your morals. > -----Original Message----- > From: Deanna Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 4:33 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: This guy needs to get the shit beat out of him... > > Well, I wouldn't say that. I think there's a lot of merit to > some of the things he says. Take, for example, this quote: > "All I'm asking is that we give our returning soldiers what they need: > hospitals, pensions, mental health and a safe, immediate return." > > I can get behind that, or at the least, I can sympathize with > the sentiment, even if it is a little simplistic. > > I also understand the intent of the following statement: > "But, please, no parades." He's saying that effusive support > for the troops can far too easily come across as support for the war. > > What I can't get behind are statements like this: "The truth > is that people who pull triggers are ultimately responsible, > whether they're following orders or not." I'd argue that > instead, we as citizens are all ultimately responsible. We > elected the leaders that made the decision to go to war. > > > > On 1/24/06, Kevin Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/c5fya > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kevin Schmidt > > > > Lead Instructor > > > > Macromedia Certified Instructor > > > > RemoteSite Training, Inc. > > > > 4819 Emperor Blvd > > > > Suite 400 > > Durham NC, 27713 > > > > 866.528.8301.office > > > > 515.710.1746.cell > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194115 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
