I don't fail to see the need for military. My points of view on why you need an army are slightly different than yours, though. I asked a question, and only one or two people were able to give me a satisfiying answer. And I still stand by my point of not signing the Appreciation. Ridiculous or not. You're in the army, you claim to be one of the people 'defending Americans' freedom'... but you're only willing to defend your own point of freedom. Isn't freedom also about having an own opinion?
In short Negitive you are wrong... I am not only willing to defend my point of freedom... I am willing to defend yours as well... I may not agree with what you have to say, I amy not agree with your religion, I amy not even like you very much, you may be a totla stranger to me, you may be a man, you may be a woman, you may be gay, you may be straight, you may be married, you may be single, you may be old, you may be young, you may be disabled, you may be able bodied, you may be black, you may be white... None of that matters... What matters is that their are people like myself, my wife, SGT B., and all the members of the US military who are willng to die for your right to think, say, and do any damn thing you please... Can you say you would do the same for me??? I seriously doubt it... the above reason alone is worth a general "Thank You.." IMO I think that you are a bit misguided in your vision of what the thank you page is for... It is not any kind of signal to the Bush Administration that it is ok to hit Iraq... It is nothing more then a way for the people of the US to say thnaks to the sons and daughters who put themselves in harms way for our sack and to a limited degree yours Negitive... Every year newspapers around the US have letter writting campaign to servicemen and women who can not be home for teh holidays... The letters are sent in to the paper in an envelope addressed "Dear Service Member" and nothing else... It, like the link is just another way to say you are appreciated for your service... You don't want to shoot off a thank you no problem... Just please don't bash or question the morality of those of us who feel it is a good thing to do... You want to argue why we shouldn't be at war great... Start another thread...

And a note to those who decided to blast Negative via the AP system: I sign every AP assignment I give, good or bad, IMO it is the only honorable thing to do... Calling him names is not a very good way to get your point across IMO... It only serves to weaken your stand and argument... Just my $.02...

Finally to Negative: Motorhead rocks...