In article .com>,
"Kris" > wrote:

> Well said! I have a friend in Iraq and another waiting for it. We need
> to be thankful to them.

If young men and women like your friends would stop volunteering to
fight in Iraq, what would the United States lose? Damned if I know! On
the other hand, if people would stop volunteering to kill or be killed
in Iraq, we would have fewer corpses being shipped to Dover, Delaware
and the United States' VA hospitals would be less crowded.

The war in Iraq is Bush's ego trip and failed oil grab. I see no reason
to thank anyone for enabling Bush to continue his disastrous foreign
policy. The truly patriotic thing for your friends to do is to stay out
of Iraq, get educated, and become productive citizens.

That's just my personal opinion, mind you!