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Thread #53449   Message #824495
Posted By: Ireland
12-Nov-02 - 04:10 PM
Thread Name: BS: Courage of Your Convictions
Subject: RE: BS: Courage of Your Convictions
If you think that is the glorification of war NicoleC with respect you've got it wrong. You will get no greater opponent to war than a vet. But there is a time and a place for everything and protesting about wars on vets day would be insulting to me,the day is predominately to remember the fallen of all wars not an excuse to criticise the act of war. Can you understand how that would be seen as insulting,people are telling vets they and their fallen comrades got it wrong.

They may have, but we have to respect they felt they were doing right at that time and in many cases they were right.

Do you take into consideration the homecoming the V.Nam vets got, after being drafted and taken from home to fight in a war they did not want, many came home to abuse, from whom anti war protesters. Now some of these people shift their attention from soldiers who had no choice but to go to where they were sent,to the politicians who sent them there. Not a bit of wonder why some vets have little time for such people during Veterans Day because in condemning them they condemn the fallen.