[Jerry_M]

Cry me a river!

"Sarge, I am not going to get out of this landing craft on Omaha Beach, it is a suicide mission."

"Lieutenant, you have to be kidding, we have to hold Bastogne without proper cold weather clothing? I ain't going."

"Why should I fly support for those B-17s when "Jim Crow" tries to keep me down. Let someone else do it."

"Get someone else to drive 20 hours a day on this "Red Ball Express", it is just too dangerous."

"You mean we have to fly over Belin? That flak will cut us to pieces. It is just too dangerous. I won't fly."

[MizSterious]

Bullseye! If those attitudes had prevailed in WWII, we'd be speaking either Japanese or German today.

[monday]

If any of those events happened during WWII no one stateside would have heard about it or had any sympathy for them if they had.

These things happen in war. Not everyone is a hero. I have no sympathy for these guys. They signed up for the military, so they are owned by the military. No one forced them.

Unfortunately this isn't the great patriotic war WWII was. Helping Iraqi's establish democracy, when most Americans don't even like Arabs or Muslims, isn't the most popular of reasons for armed conflict. Some people will give these soldiers sympathy simply because they don't support the war. Logic doesn't enter the picture in their reasoning.