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To: goldworldnet who wrote (11676)	9/18/2006 3:28:45 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14758

<<but I still have not forgotten some in this country spitting on Vietnam Vets.>> Today it has evolved into the McCain/Graham Terrorist Rights movement and the "Why can't we just catch bin-Ladin and then run?" movement...

To: goldworldnet who wrote (11676)	9/18/2006 6:44:23 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Respond to of 14758

You shouldn't fuss over the capitalization of marine because I've found that the leading writing style authorities do not recommend it, US Marine yes, a marine no. Probably the famous guide, the Chicago Manual of Style says this: chicagomanualofstyle.org Q. When referring to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in saying “the Corps of Engineers” and “the Corps,” how should the shortened forms be capitalized? Should “the Corps of Engineers” be in initial caps and “the corps” be in lowercase? A. The Chicago Manual of Style includes the following examples among the forty or so examples listed at paragraph 8.120: Army Corps of Engineers; the corps United States (or U.S.) Army; the army United States Coast Guard; the Coast Guard or the coast guard United States Marine Corps; the Marine Corps; the U.S. Marines; a marine United States Navy; the navy United States Signal Corps; the Signal Corps or the signal corps The terms “army” and “navy” when used alone are considered to be generic, whereas, for example, the “Army Corps of Engineers” (or “Corps of Engineers”) and the “Marine Corps” are more specialized by virtue of being unique subbranches within the U.S. armed forces. “Coast Guard” and “Signal Corps,” on the same principle, are often capitalized, but they may be lowercased if used alone. “Corps” becomes generic when used by itself. With regard to "supporting the troops", I don't know anyone who doesn't, do you? That's a slogan usurped by the Bushies and used to mean "support the war". The troops don't make the decision to go to war. I will not support troops who commit atrocities or torture however. Largely I blame their officers for that.