[Jamie Mac]

"Wow.... I am completely dumbfounded over your statement. Just because someone is not in the middle east or such place does not mean they are not defending their country. Every person in the military has a important role and all those roles click together to form a great power. The people on the frontlines are not the only ones defending the country."

I agree with you 100% and am not slighting anyone who is not overseas in any way shape or form. I'm merely pointing out that it is a possibility that they may at some point be called for that role and have to go somewhere less than desireable. If every US serviceman and woman were here stateside they would still be seen as defenders of our country and way of life by a strong military presence. I would personally be proud of them for that and don't require any form of combat experience to see them as such. I personally would rather they were merely ready such task and never actually in harms way. The fact is there are times when they may be asked to be in harms way and it doesn't matter if they agree with the reasons or not they volunteered to be in the military. I'm really not sure which part of this you don't understand. We should probably end this public conversation since its a bit beyond Camaro5 but I would be happy to have whatever friendly debate you desire through private messages.