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Old 22-06-2007, 20:55   #96
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Re: War veterans

I think it is a mistake to confuse support for a war, and support (both during and after the conflict) for the troops. One need not necessarilly support a conflict, but one must support the troops. Or end up apologising for not doing so .... like Jane Fonda ... over, and over and over. Like many Canadians, I oppose the Afghan conflict, but, like most Canadians I fully support the men and women of the Canadian armed forces who are fighting and dying there. There is no paradox.

My grandad Ashton fought in the first war. He was shot and gassed near Ypres. He got almost sod all for a pension. But he never bitched and whined. He was of a different generation ... no, a different time. He was proud that he had done his duty for his country and his comrades. And, on a lighter note, the biggest fight of his life was keeping my gran from dismembering me when I dropped his medals down the grate outside her house.
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