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To: KLP who wrote (8907)	1/12/2006 6:02:20 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 541556

This is what I said: "From what I've seen on SI, "patriots" talk about sending other people's kids to go die for their country- they aren't going themselves, and very few are sending their own children. If in order to support a war, you had to give a kid to it, or go yourself, there would be fewer patriots, I think, and a lot fewer wars." And as far as I'm concerned, this is what I've seen- most people who support the war are not going themselves and they are not sending their own children. When people support going to war, they don't say "And btw, I'm sending the children of US parents to this war"- but it's implicit in the support. If you don't understand that it's implicit, I really don't know what to say to you. There's no bridging that gap.

To: KLP who wrote (8907)	1/12/2006 6:07:25 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541556

If they call for war and don't send their own children to fight then it will be only other people's children who go.

To: KLP who wrote (8907)	1/12/2006 6:11:33 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541556

I asked for links. Specific Links. I hadn't seen any either. Here's a link for you. Checkout the last paragraph. "With regard to your earlier point, no, I didn't APPROVE of going into Bosnia and Kosovo, either. Since I have been old enough to have an opinion on such things, AFGHANISTAN is the only war that I've APPROVEd." siliconinvestor.com. Thats' a post to you from me. In it I acknowledge that I approved of sending other people's kids to war in Afghanistan. Many others have acknowledged that, too, including you. Surely you don't need links to verify that you've favored one or more wars.