Op, really why do you care? If it doesn't affect you personally then why care? My best buddy spends hours going on and on about how our country makes war indisciminately all over the world. I've asked him how many of those supposedly killed in these wars did he know? How did it affect him? None of it affects him other than indirectly as far as tax dollars spent on military action as far as I can see. He doesn't know any vets other than me because he despises the military and considers them mercenaries Maybe it's because he's a Seventh Day Adventist. I don't know. I don't understand you peaceniks.