I see. So because I never had the opportunity to serve in combat... I can have no valid perspective on anything, right?
You really need to get over yourself. Someone doesn't agree with you and you find some reason to make yourself morally superior to comment on the topic than they are. You don't like my opinions then argue against their merits. But get off your high horse.
I made myself available to my country and served as it asked. If that isn't satisfactory to you... tough. And yes, had I been asked to go, I would have left my wife and young daughter and gone. No question about it at all.
War IS an extension of politics.
And yes I know and have seen the personal costs first hand. If that's the issue to be discussed then you'll find me completely sympathetic and appreciative of the sacrifices that were made. You are completely and totally ignorant if you think my heart doesn't break for those who have died, their families, and maybe especially for those who will bear the scars of sacrifice for the rest of their lives.
A friend of my dad's was the 50th American killed in Vietnam. He was an advisor to a S Vietnamese company. They got ambushed. He stood and fought. They abandoned him. He left behind a wife and three young children.
My dad saw a man's head taken off by an artillery round in Korea. My uncle was marched by a mass execution grave in Korea with his unit. The objective was to show them what happened to Americans captured by the Chinese. Another uncle was the sole survivor out of his platoon that was ambushed by Germans in Normandy- He's never been able to talk about it. I knew these things and still voluntarily joined.
No one can claim to know exactly what it is like unless they've been there. But I've listened and I do care. Again, you need to get over yourself.
No it isn't righteous. It is complete hypocrisy.
Isn't it time you stop stereotyping and throwing out stupid innuendos like this. You don't want to deal with the issues at hand then feel free not to respond. Your condenscending attitude is neither warranted nor valuable to the discussion.
I endeavor to treat people here with respect even when I disagree with them. But your non-sense goes way too far.
You know nothing of me or my devotion to my country and its principles. Nothing of the utterly stupid suggestion you made above applies to me.
Are you saying that it was not implying Bush and his administration?