The Iraqi people are heirs to a 5000 year old civilization. You would think they know how to live their lives by now. Alas, there are people who still believe that dropping bombs and wiping out entire villages of all the "brown ragheads" is a civilized act to do. To the OP: Your mother is 1/2 correct. Yes, the Iraq War is a facade - however, not ALL soldiers are to be condemned as such. There are some who were genuinely fooled by Bush, Cheney, Wolfowitz, into believing this is a just war. Those are to be pitied. However, there are increasingly many soldiers who believe the Iraq War is a "Biblical revival of Babylon" and was foretold for thousands of years. To those, I have no shame in saying, yes, THAT is utter stupidity. Long live the people of Iraq. May the occupation end.

God damn people make me sick, think what you want about the war (which is damn near won btw if no one's been watching the news) but give the soldiers respect, the fact that someone would choose to enlist during a time of war shows they have a hell of a lot more character than the vast majority of you internet warriors, there's no dumb soldiers, only dumb politicians. And for ****'s sake, can there ever be a civilized discourse on anything political without it being a whiny bitch and troll fest?

And she didn't see him? Wow, but this isn't really a fml. Just an awkward moment. And come on people, stop being grammar nazis!

insult the war as much as you want, but you should never insult the soldiers. Do you realize what they go through for this country? And not all of them support the war either, but they will do they're duty. YDI. I don't support the war, but I have great respect for the soldiers there. Don't call them dumb.

Let's be realistic here, the current war in Iraq is going nowhere fast. Soldiers fighting in the war are not defending our rights. Not all soldiers are stupid, but there is still a large number of meat heads enlisted. Unless a soldier has done something truly great for this county then they are no more deserving of respect or admiration than anybody else. I know what soldiers go through, so what? They chose to enlist. Whenever I make a decision that makes my life harder, the general idea is that I should not complain because I made the conscious decision.

Your Mom.Is.A.RETARD.Tell her to shut the **** up about iraq and war and soldiers.I'm on the soldier who mouthed hers' side...

It's okay for your mom to speak her opinion, I don't deny her that right. And war may not be right, that's up to one's self to decide. But you have to realize what the soldiers themselves go through, even if the war is going no where, they are still in the middle of it. And to trash them loudly and publicly in such an offensive way isn't right. And honestly, I don't see why you would get blamed for what your mother believes, you may have a TOTALLY different opinion then her.

soldier was right, and i hate people like your mom

to the people that are harrassing the troop. what have ~you~ done ~at all~ besides bitch about whats going on? I bet you have all the answers and can solve the whole goddamn thing. have you wrote a congressman? been to a rally? picketed? put together any kind of package for an iraqi citizen? those troops go through a hell of a lot of stuff and to say something as ignorant as that. What did she expect? what do you expect? DONT GO POKING THAT GUY WITH A STICK! he's seen friends die! dont you get that?! I dont care what kind of rationale you verbally puke. I can only say that you only prove yourself as the moron. #211 for ****'s sake I bet you're some middle eastern decent punk kid that doesnt even have an accent, claims to be, but has no ******* clue what it means to be someone from there. I bet you bitch to your parents about every ritual your family practices....but as soon as your MTV CNN love'n ass has a chance to bitch about something you "want to make your (useless) voice heard" you're the down fall of a ******* great nation. have you ~ever~ taken a trip somewhere...not cancun or paris for a two week stint. Hell even if you did go to cancun...rent a car, take a two hour drive to the mexican country side, find a village, and stay the **** there for a couple of months. you're going to see some messed up shit and you're going to bitch and complain to them and they're going to kick your ass bloodier than hell. and you're going to be helpless....now I dare you to stay around there....do it again. get your ass kicked over again. THATS how it is outside of america. you little brat. you make me so sick. you'd never last anywhere but your little cookie cutter subdivision. until your parents put you through school so cushy like and you get your own cookie cutter house. all along the way pissing and moaning about how america sucks. YOU'RE WORTHLESS AND ANY MONEY I BET, DEEP....WAY DEEP....well not that deep because you're shallow....YOU KNOW YOU'RE A PUSSY! NOW GO AHEAD AND TELL SOME SOB ASS STORY ABOUT HOW YOU GOT IT SO BAD. I KNOW YOU WILL. Half of it will be made up and the other half is just another day in most peoples lives. you're not special. and another thing. ppl join the armed forces for many reasons. its a tough tough atmosphere out there. and they need jobs. no one really wants to go over there. sure there are probably a few. actually i wanted to. not to go to war for glory but becasue instead of not doing anything and being a punk like you who bitches and utterly embarrasses me from your ignorance, but to help. people make good decisions and good things happen over there. As a infantry medic I was tasked out to treak the public. They had people that would torture children....not becuase of anything american....this shit was going on long before we got there, to get to another family of another religous group. Its the wild ******* west. Thats how I know #211 that you have absolutely no worldly culture or savy. You're a housecat, cocky on the inside of the house, but put you outside....goddam....I'll pull up a chair and some popcorn to see how you handle an "actual" situation. and by actual I dont mean somthing that happened at your private school and you got embarrassed from someone seeing your small penis. I'm talking about having the feeling that you're in the middle of a car crash, and having that feeling like you might die, day in and day out. the situation is going to be there....like it or not its happening before us. Step up and do something pal. god you worthless piece of crap. even the peace corps. that'll at least teach you humility. dude that wrote this. your mother should be spanked in public like a child. for shame. tell her that when she's solving the problem after she's half deep in a bottle of $90 imported wine. ****.

Some army we got. And #427 STFU. No one asked you for a whole damn essay of random shit.