20,000 people die a year driving to work. I pay taxes and have a family. I have a greater chance of getting cleaved in half by a semi than our soldiers have of dieing in Iraq. Why is my sacrifice any more or less valid.
So far, most of the victims of terrorism, like those in 9/11, have not been soldiers. I am not trying to imply our soldiers aren't sacrificing their lives for their country. I do support them and condemn Walter Reed for having mold in the showers, but I do resent the so called "chicken" hawk mentality that you have to be in the military to have any opinion about the war.
Consider, if I die in a car wreck, my family is no less grieved for me than if I was to die in Iraq, but only my family would consider me a hero. Soldiers who die are lucky, because no matter what they did or how they lived their lives, they are heroes. Consider Lindy England. Had she have died in a prison outbreak and the Abu Grahib pictures never came to light...
2007-03-07
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