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Who can tell? You're always in some emotional tear about something or insisting that 200% of all troops hate Ron Paul or some such rot.

LOL - if riotous laughter is an "emotional tear," then you've got me. But, nice dodge-attempt. Now, please scurry off and find the post where I said what you just attributed to me. Don't be too long...those tacos do not make themselves.

We are both civilians. And you choose to be there, unlike some of our troops.

When people join the military, they know there is always a chance they will go to war. See, that's one of the main reasons we have a military. And we have an all-volunteer military, no less.

When I see you putting on 50 lbs. of body armor, etc., leaving the relative safety of a FOB several times a week, slogging around in a dangerous building with the military, by the way, in 120 F degrees with the power sometimes out, diving into bunkers when the mortars come too close, doing weapons training in early August climate here, then I might give your silly comments a little more credence. Oh, I'd still laugh at you, but I might not laugh as loudly.

My military co-workers often tell me they admire the fact that I've been over here longer than any of them have. Oh, and I'd probably have to stop a couple of them from dealing with your snotty little mouth, but fear not; I'd do it.

I'm kind-hearted that way. :)

When people join the military, they know there is always a chance they will go to war. See, that's one of the main reasons we have a military. And we have an all-volunteer military, no less.

Some of these folks enlisted before the Iraq war. Some enlisted in National Guard, never expecting overseas duty since that's relatively rare for the Guard. Many have been recalled after leaving the military from the Reserves. So they aren't precisely comparable to your civilian job. You knew what you were signing up for. And you have renewed (AFAIK) for a specific amount of time. And your obligation is, at most, a civil contract. The troops don't have the same options if they don't want to be the beat cops for the Iraq government or if they simply think they've spent enough time on Iraq and want to get on with their lives, spend time with their families, etc.

I was merely pointing out that your situation is different from that of many of the troops.