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Originally Posted by Less
How dare you come on here being so patronising? A little too young to understand? and yet it's his generation that you expect to go out there and perhaps die for your beliefs?
Why not nip over here and cover him in white feathers for being a coward?
Perhaps it's because he appreciates the many sacrifices made by those who served his Country that make him think that this is an unjust war?
I may not agree completely with all that he has said in fact in places I feel he is wide of the mark, but he, thanks to the many sacrifices of young men from other generations is free to express his feelings about this particular conflict. That does not mean that he or many other young men would not be prepared to defend his family and friends if the need arose. However I would deeply regret that if or when that need should arise he and others would just go blindly like lambs to the slaughter because you and others banged some form of patriotic drum and forced him to!
Excuse me are you re-writing History here? the U.S. didn't do it alone in 1991, they had other countries around at the time helping them, just as, in case you haven't noticed they have now!
Our armed forces are out there dying alongside your armed forces, these young men are doing their duty, they are not on some sort of picnic.
Please in future, do not talk to our young men in this manner, (talk to your own as if they are stupid if you wish), treat ours with respect. If the need ever arises they will do what is right.
I would prefer that our troops weren't there, I think this whole thing has turned into a complete shambles and wish we could withdraw before anymore of them have to be returned to this country in a wooden box.
But, because they are out there then it should be the highest priority that they are not only equipped with every means with which to protect themselves but that any short fall in necessary personnel be made up but only from volunteers that go there equipped with the best tools for the job. That can only be done by being honest with them at all points and not trying to fool them with some mis-guided form of patriotism.
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SamF can say anything he wants to. And since military service is voluntary, he is not obliged to sign up. That is his right and I have called no-one a coward for having that point of view - so knock it off, Less. I apologize if you thought my remark patronizing. It certainly wasn't meant to be.
I do, of course, realize that there are many other countries involved in Iraq, including your own. Such was the case in 1991. However, you cannot deny that the U.S. supplies the bulk of the forces. I also would prefer that our troops not be in combat. No-one likes war - least of all the military personnel themselves. The best way to avoid such conflicts is to seed as many democracies as we can.