Today is Veteran's Day, aka Remembrance Day

[browngirl]

(If I recall correctly.)

I was trying to think of something profound to say, but really, what else can I say but thank you, to all those who have served honorably in the armed forces? *waves to the veterans on my friendslist* I have never been in favor of the Iraq War, but my reasons have never included opposition to those who have to fight it.

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[greendalek.livejournal.com]

Best goddamned user icon ever. Wonderfully appropriate.

[gingicat]

This.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Thank you for remembering.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

You're welcome Ny. I think it's safe to say that a lot of the people fighting the war in Iraq didn't think it was a good idea to go in there either.

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

Hey! I just bumped into you in klwalton's journal! Roughly how many is a lot? I'm just curious. I've mostly refrained from asking active military members whether or not they think it's a good idea to be fighting in Iraq. I get little glimpses here and there via blogs. Seems to be just like the civilians...some are for the war and others against.

Thank you for your service.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's a fair estimate. There may be a few more military folk who were for it initially, but it was not an overwhelming majority. The particular concern was with a post-war insurgency, just as happened. Everybody was pretty sure we could defeat the Iraqi armed forces quickly.