To: Burkeman1
Who said anything about conscription?
The dead at Iwo Jima is indeed tragic, but it would be more tragic if the Japanese unchallenged slaughter more innocents.
I cannot speak of your father or the cause of him being messed up or your Great Uncle's issues. But if you want to throw out useless anecdotal evidence, I can easily show you millions of men who look back at their service with pride and nostalgia.
50 posted on
03/06/2004 9:59:17 AM PST by
dpa5923
(Small minds talk about people, normal minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas.)
To: dpa5923
Really- most who saw combat don't talk about it much. And they don't glorify it.
To: dpa5923
But if you want to throw out useless anecdotal evidence, I can easily show you millions of men who look back at their service with pride and nostalgia.Amen.
HOOAH!
57 posted on
03/06/2004 10:11:28 AM PST by
rdb3
(The Servant of Jehovah is the Christ of Calvary and of the empty tomb.)
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