[P-Marlowe]

However, our planes flying missions are in no danger and are not blowing things up or killing people.

First of all, how do you know that? Secondly to say our planes are not in danger or blowing things up or killing people is to ignore the realities of this war. If you refuel a fighter jet, then you are just as responsible for dropping the bombs that kill the people below as the guy who presses the release button. You are part of a team and the mission of the team is to kill people and break things. Secondly a refueling plane or an AWAC is a big target for a SAM and neither plane has the ability to do the necessary maneuvers to avoid getting hit. So in that sense they are in more danger than the fighter pilots who at least can maneuver away from an incoming missile.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

Do you know how high up an AWAC or a refueler fly? And how far out of the theater they operate? Believe me, they are in no danger. When was the last time you heard of an AWAC or refueler being shot down by any of America's enemy? The next time will be the first time. Besides, at the beginning of this thing, our planes supposedly took out all of their radar and missile installations to protect all of the fighters and fighter/bombers.

"Secondly to say our planes are not in danger or blowing things up or killing people is to ignore the realities of this war."

Why do you constantly try to inject things that I did not say or intend by my statements? We were talking about whether our troops were in harms way. They are not. Now you want to talk about the moral issue of whether we are responsible for the cause of this war. Totally seperate issue that I have never even commented upon. Obviously America shares a large burden of the moral responsibility.