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Originally Posted by moon
If I was a soldier I would be proud to have died fighting in a legitiment and moral war and would be ****ed to see my mom acting like an ass and making my death a mockery.
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Well, there's you problem. Iraq is not a legitimate nor moral war.
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Originally Posted by arsenal
So you are saying you would not be proud to die for your country? Or in the defence of others?
I have to disagree that this statement is self-centered. It's actually a very selfless act.
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Sheehan did NOT die for his country. He was NOT fighting a foe that attacked his homeland. He was NOT fight ing a foe that was a threat to his country. He was NOT fighting a foe that was a threat to others in the region. He was part of an invading and occupying force that has done more to harm the country in question, and destabalize the region, than the despotic dictator that was removed did in the prior decade. Hussein was a paper tiger and was no threat to anyone. Everyone in the region knew, the American military knew it, and the rest of the world knew it. Sheehan's death is not only wrong and tragic, but perverse when you place it in the context you suggest.