I am in total agreement with Tinaa, although I have not traveled as extensivlely.
I did serve in the National Guard, and was more then willing to go over seas, serve and die if needed.
While those of you in other parts of the world may call it foolishness, we in the United States call it being patriotic to our home country.
Here g-man wants to ***** about the draft, but we don't have it at this time and at least he can ***** about it.
In many parts of the world, young men are required to serve at least a year in military service, and they can't even ***** about it.

The United States form of government is not perfect, and our elected officials will be among the fist to admitt so.
And there is a very big difference between protecting ourselves from the threat of terrorissism,
and conquaring the 3rd most oil rich country so that our rich from oil government leaders can gain more control over the oil business. And it's looking more like that all the time with no weapons of mass destruction found even after months of searching for what we was assured was there. <_<

Only one thing could possibly be worse. Which is almost unthinkable. And that is if it came out that 9-11 was either set up by, or deliberatly ignorred by our elected officials in order to regulate public opinion.
Boy, if that occurred, you will see absolutly nobody get re-elected next year, even if their opponent was the Devil in person. :angry:

I don't aggree with a great deal my government does, but just being able to state my disaggreement says
a lot for my country. Unlike some of the others which are also supposed to be free, but yet outspoken opponants of their governments often mysteriously dissappear.

We need to pray for our government officials, if we have the religious beliefs to do so.
And even if we don't we should still back them up until we elect new government officials.

Which I pray and hope will be next year, after we excersise our greatest right. The VOTE!!! :blink: