> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
> Ummm....here's another way to look at it: If a few hundred soldiers
> said "We're not going, and you can throw us all in jail if you want",
> that could be viewed as a form of democracy. In other countries,
> soldiers take over governments with violence, so refusing to take
> part in a broken war would actually be a mild reaction.

Here's a side note for those who are just as clueless as this speck of
smegma.
Many a soldier -- including myself -- were approached in airports during
1969 - 1972 by protestors of Vietnam. The goal was to get us to desert.
Usually the tactic would be to use a nice looking hippie babe to engage a
soldier, waiting for a flight, into conversation. Then the conversation
would be joined by one or two other hippie guys. Promises of shangrila on a
commune would be made if we would just leave right then and there and follow
them.

Of course, that tactic wasn't successful. But it lead to a change in tactics
by the protestors. When I got home after my tour, I had to walk a gauntlet
of those maggots as I left Seatac Airport..... all screaming in the most
hateful rage one can imagine. I was easy to spot in my Class A uniform. And
it made a great target for one of 'em; something like a baggie was thrown
and hit me in the leg. It smelled like it had been filled with liquid feces.
Those protestors had no idea whether I had been drafted (yes, the draft
existed then. I had volunteered) or whether I had volunteered. It didn't
matter. We were hated irregardless: the draftee because he wouldn't desert,
and the volunteer because he just wanted to kill women, children and babies.

All but a few soldiers who serve nowadays are proud to have joined the
military to be of service to their country. The idea of deserting or doing
something to disgrace the military, as joesmegma suggests, is profoundly
distasteful to those who serve.

If y'all have frustrations with any politician regarding policy, KEEP YOUR
ANGER AND FRUSTRATION FOCUSED ON THEM. Don't you dare start twisting the
focus onto the soldiers who serve. That's what happened during Vietnam. And
the result was a generation of warriors who felt hated and despised when all
they did was serve their country.

Stan's remarks have a tragic historic ring to them.

--
Dave
www.davebbq.com