styxx wrote:I cannot help but to wonder how many of the saber rattlers on this thread have actually worn the uniform during times of conflict. I hear and listen far more closely to the thoughts of folks like irpettit and suthdj and E.Marques than any of the sabre rattlers.
I served four years during the 1st Gulf War and have the ribbons to prove it. I never shot anyone nor did I see any direct causalities. But, I launched plenty of aircraft out with munitions that would come home empty.
Does this make me any less or more qualified to discuss these matters?
Each and every person (well most) has something to add to a conversation and a point of view that someone else just may learn from. It would be a real boring world if we only allowed people with direct experiences to talk about it.
