From PAUL , on Sun, 08 Dec 1996 16:50:03 GMT (in response to: WHY!?!?!?!?!?)
WHY WE WENT IS SIMPLE, WE WERE CALLED BY OUR COUNTRY. I, AS WELL AS MY OLDER BROTHER BOTH WENT AND WERE LUCKY TO MAKE IT. NOW, MANY YEARS LATER WE CAN LOOK AT OURSELVES IN THE MIRROR AND SAY WE DID OUR DUTY. MORE IMPORTANTLY OUR CHILDREN ARE PROUD OF THIER FATHERS.WHAT REALLY DISGUSTS ME IS THAT WE HAVE A DRAFT DODGER IN THE WHITE HOUSE. THIS MAN (IF YOU CAN CALL HIM A MAN) RAN TO ENGLAND TO PROTEST THE WAR. I AM ASHAMED TO SAY THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD HAS SUNK TO A LEVEL WHERE A MAN WITH ABSOULUTELY NO HONOR OR MORALS IS OUR LEADER. UNFORTUNATELY, NOW-A-DAYS OUR CHILDREN ARE LED BY HIS DISHONORABLE EXAMPLE!!! SO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WHY? FOR HONOR, FOR MY COUNTRY, FOR MY FAMILY, AND YES, EVEN FOR THE DRAFT DODGERS WHO COWERED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES AFRAID TO DO THE HONORABLE THING. ... THATS WHY!!!
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