I suggest you personally tell him you think he is lying.
Maybe you could post his response?
Why don’t you write him and thank him for his profound truthfulness.
(I’ve been away from the computer and wanted to respond to those who have replied to the article).
I thought several things were interesting. First, that I had never read an editorial like this before- like I said if a serviceman pipes up in anyway against the war it is usually at a Peace Rally and then months later you find out that he was never in the service anyway.
Second- The State has done a very good job covering locally soldiers and has even gone to Iraq and Afghanistan to follow our local troops. An article on Father’s Day covering a man and his son both serving was particularly moving. I didn’t get the feeling that this was an anti-war hit piece, just another view that I had not considered.
Unless I’m giving the guy too much credit, the message that I got from the piece is that the soldiers can take care of themselves and are not a monochrome of thought and opinion. There are certainly those who agree with the war and those who don’t, but none of us here at home have the right to use the soldiers as pawns for our arguments, for or against. Those in favor should not use the sacrifice of our troops as an argunment and those against should not use those who have suffered and died as props (like parades of flag draped caskets or empty combat boots).
Truth is that we should always support our troops wether we agree with the mission or not as they sign up to defend our nation. They don’t get to pick and choose based upon the popularity of the mission.
Some didn’t agree with Clinton’s use of the military in Bosnia but that doesn’t mean we don’t support and appreciate those who went to that conflict. When Bush I sent troops to Somalia, Rush (Limbaugh) called it a Pizza Delivery mission and belittled it from the start but no one assumed that he was making fun of the troops. You have to love and appreciate the troops no matter what, even when we are in an unpopular war or even at peace.
I think that this guy was saying just that. The military should not be used by either side as a prop.