If not then you don't know what you're talking about.If you have thank you.I am a retired Sgt. Maj.
2007-02-10 05:53:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Yes, I have fought in 4 campaigns and I'm only 38. I'm still serving, by the way. To say one does not know what one is talking about, because that person has not fought in a war is narrow minded and ignorant. One does not have to fight in a war to know the horrors and atrocities that happen, especially with the media getting embedded with troops while the fighting is occurring. As far as what the military mind is thinking and what a service member goes through, you are quite correct; unless one has served and fought, then there is no basis for an informed opinion. Thank you for your service.
2007-02-10 06:24:54 · answer #1 · answered by dr_law2003 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
my Dad was a machine gunner in WWII, the only war I've been part of is the war on poverty. I don't need to be a soldier, to feel horrified at the number of deaths among our young people, or to feel empathy for the people mourning the death of their children and family. I do not have to be in a war to worry about my son[LT Air force] going over to any country where some one wants to kill him for the sole reason that he wears a uniform. Nor do I have to be a Veteran to know that many of our soldiers will end up living on the streets because the government that blew their minds are not willing to take responsibility for their lives. I don't have to be a soldier to know what I am talking about.
2007-02-10 06:08:18 · answer #2 · answered by curious115 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Y E S!! VIETNAM(RVN) Dau Tieng, Tay Ninh, Chu Chi, Bear Cat, Long Binh, My Tho,
The Iron Triangle. 1967 - 1968 - 1971
US ARMY(RET) 21 Years SFC!!!!!!
2007-02-10 07:56:51 · answer #3 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Desert Storm in 1991. I had relatives in both World Wars, my great-uncle died in WW1.
2007-02-10 06:24:57 · answer #4 · answered by Marc B. 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No I have never fought in a war and I'm thankful that I've never had to. I do however thank you for your service.
2007-02-10 06:02:07 · answer #5 · answered by boilerman426 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
196th light infantry Vietnam 1971
2007-02-10 06:32:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and i feel fortunate enough to only have returned with deafness in my right ear. I have buddies who have not returned, so i do feel fortunate, yet very sad for my friends.
2007-02-10 08:08:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I never have. My uncle was a commando I believe in the Iran/Iraq war.
2007-02-10 05:59:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I have never served in war, and hope to god I never have too. Enough war movies have shown me war is nothing to be involved in.
Imagine rival gangs targeting each other for murder and wind up killing innocent people.
Then blow that up where the rival gangs are rival countries and that is what war is.
2007-02-10 06:21:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Do u consider OIF a war? If so, then yes.
2007-02-10 06:33:10 · answer #10 · answered by alanis 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋