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To: stockman_scott who wrote (189919)	6/22/2006 10:00:04 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

If they are against the war, they should not join the military. Going to war at the request of the President and the Congress is what the military does. Iraq is a war I hate, but it was approved by The Congress. To protest against it is legal and to speak out against it when they return is legal. To refuse to go is illegal. No matter what the moral basis of a war, whether Vietnam, Iraq or Kosovo, soldiers have to obey the Congress and the President. Hopefully we can make things better for them by unelecting these goofs. But mutiny is the worst crime in the military and they can expect trouble and little sympathy if they refuse to go. I think the moral standing is totally different for an all volunteer military than it is for a draftee military. But the basis of our freedom is that the military is always subject to civilian control. If military personnel break from that idea, they are opening a can of worms that is very dangerous.