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Thanks for letting us know over on the Canteen thread. War is hell. And why do we still send our babies to die? If it, war, is just, why don't they let us old f#cks go and do it?

If anyone can answer this question, please do so. JL

Yes, war is hell, and so many of our young die...they die, before they have really known life at all...and their death affects their parents and grandparents, siblings, spouses, and children...a whole family suffers when each young military person dies in war, or in military service...

That is why it is important to remember what they were fighting for, why they died...

When we forget why they died, and forget what they were fighting for, then we are in danger of losing those very things they were fighting for, and we dishonor them...

The young people of today, should be taught long and hard, why it is that young men and women went to war, and died, or suffered...

Yes, war is hell, but it's not for older people. It really is a 'young kids game', unfortunately. I'm only 26, but the four years of Advance Party made mincemeat of my knees. I started having trouble keeping up with the 'young dogs' while out on the prowl, so to speak. While on AP, you're supposed to do only two years at most then get put out to pasture in another position on the howitzer. Didn't happen in my case. I was the best there was at it, and that was the problem.

So when the wear & tear caught up with me, I was screwed. I hand picked my replacement as well, no need to send someone in there that will do a half-a@@ job. Might as well be someone who knows the job as well as I did. (I was supposed to get my Seargent stripes.... Oh well.) I'm now a civilian, again, and hate it. (Long story behind that.)

So we have to leave it up to the kids who can put such stupid strain on themselves. Kinda makes a former soldier like me feel kinda useless to do so, but it has to be. Though I personally would prefer to grab a bunch of the older soldiers that still have the fire in the eyes and go show the enemy the true meaning of "Sacrifice" and "Pain". I'm running long here.. -laters -Darksheare