It's all yours.
--I'm a recovering pacifist. Was very anti-war in the on-campus sixties (Hanging around with the New Student Left-- precursor to SDS). The I got drafted. So I reported for duty with about 100 lbs of bad attitude in my duffel. By the time I got out, I was (slowly) re-thinking things.
And now my son is in Iraq, dispensing liberty to the sometimes confused iraqis. I'm very proud of him.
Please let him know that we are, too!
And thank you for your service, cookcounty.
If our education/information institutions weren't in domestic enemy hands, I'd promote your testimony as a fine argument for bringing back the draft.