This thread worries me...
I thought that we are all equal regardless of military service.
There seems to be a "better then you" attitude at the heart of this thread and I wonder if that is a path we really want to go down.
You better not look at the DUmmie thread then. They seem to want us to live in some Starship Troopers world where only veterans(lefty veterans to be precise) control foreign policy.
It is just good-natured rivalry talk (both rank and service).
Service-folk tend towards the competitive (to say the least)
Thank you all for your service (ps: This thread is now on the DU home page http://upload.democraticunderground.com/)
Then leave.
Not better, just deserving of some reconginition. These men performed one of the greatest honors possible and that is defending our freedom, they deserve to be thanked, dosen't mean that your are any less of a person if you chose not to join, unless you are a draft dodger, but that is a different topic.