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Originally Posted by FoxTrot9R
I find this funny. What it came down to was not a sense of shame. It was courage. I give the man all the props ion the world, for fighting. My father is a veteran, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for those men ( and women, I guess Id better be PC.). But to turn around many years later and try to say that his decision to go to war was cowardice is preposterious. He knows that when he went to the service it took huge stones. Time has obviously changed his outlook, and thats fine. He can choose to spin it to fit his current agenda, but any soldier will tell you that being a coward does not make you stay and fight, facing a real possibility of death.
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So you're telling me you know his own mind better than himself? And why do you consider being goaded into risking your life for something you don't believe to be bravery? __________________
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Men do what they can, power does what it wants, and nature is indifferent.
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