[PeaRidge]

"Collectively, Southerners do tend to be stronger supporters of the military than their non-Southern counterparts and value a military career more," he said

Seems as if the rest of the country is finally coming around to our grand way of thinking.

[Alabama_Wild_Man]

"..."Collectively, Southerners do tend to be stronger supporters of the military than their non-Southern counterparts and value a military career more..."

"...Our Way of Thinking..."

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YEP !!!

[constable tom]

While I basically agree that Southerners value military service more, in general, my personal experience was that many of them valued miltary service by fellow Southerners. At the same time, many of them resented "Yankees" serving at bases in the south.

For instance, when I was stationed in Alabama, the state recognized Confederate Memorial Day as a holiday, but not Memorial Day itself. I also encountered numerous occassions were it was made abundantly clear to me that I was a Yankee and not welcome down south, even though I was serving there in the military.

That being said, if 911 has transformed the deep patriotism many Southerners have always displayed for the South into a genuine American patriotism, I say welcome aboard and thank God. Southerners have many fine qualities and it is a unique part of America, that makes the whole stronger when we are all together.