Hell No! We Won't Go But You Should!

[Carrie]

Originally posted by PornoDoggy@Mar 10 2003, 01:07 AM
Reagan and Wayne did what they did; Jimmy Stewart did what he did. You want to call that putting in the same bit, it's your right - it's a free country. Me, I like to see a little action behind the roles they play.

So the guys who are out there on ships today doing "routine" tours aren't really serving their country? Wearing a uniform doesn't make you a veteran - only combat action does?

I can't comment on the differences in the Guard between Vietnam and now - I was born while my Dad was in service after being drafted for 'Nam. Still, I don't see how being in the Armed Forces can't be construed as just that - being in the Armed Forces and serving your country?!?
Even if the guys in the Guard are here on our soil doing rounds at a base to keep it secure, is that not service to our country?

It's not me you should be blinking at because I view all service as "serving our country" - it's them you should be blinking at for viewing some services as laughable or perhaps less honorable than others, as well as calling people "chickenhawks" for times when we never had a draft (Desert Storm? Hello?).