On 1/24/06, Tim Heald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We are getting good medical care when we get back.
Maybe you are. My dad's era has some major issues - like that fact that he can't get health care without driving several hours and that he can't get an appointment for 6 months, and he's one of the lucky ones. Parades are useful. In fighting depression, guilt and PTSD. I'm fighting > all three right now at different points. I'm sorry you're dealing with that. And, I appreciate that you put your life on the line for my rights. What I don't know is how to say thank you to soldiers as a group without appearing as though I condone a war I disagree with. How do you honor the soldiers and abhor the war? I don't have a solution. 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. I never said you had a moral choice. I said I don't agree with his stance that it's the soldier's fault. It's my fault for not being more politically active. It's my fault for not convincing enough people in power that war isn't the answer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194454 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
