Peace Matriot, why can't you distinguish between the warriors and the war mongers? I ask this with no ill will and I am not chastising you. Young men and women who go to fight are often torn between their patriotic feelings and their natural inclination to question. Can you not find it within you to at least use the day to mourn the loss of these young ones, and honor their sacrifice? Your post, if read by parents that have lost their sons/daughters, would seem so heartless and I don't get that sense from it. I get the sense of anger at all war. Fair enough, but can you not see the disrespect you shower on the fallen? I think I would like your devotion, and find a great deal of common ground with you. But I would have a very difficult time with the idea of "going shopping" just to show 'em.

Mick