Reply #8: I will say it again yes [View All]

[JohnKleeb]

For all who see battle whether they become hawks or doves by it are worthy of my sympathy. War I have learned from reading All Quiet on the Western Front and seeing war movies the same movies that turn others in to hawks, that you lose your friends, I feel so sad at times, General Robert E Lee once said it is good war is so terrible then we must not grow too fond of it, and although I disagreed with the general's southern confedracy, I feel General Lee 140 years ago made a lot of sense. I read a lot on war, and I feel pity for all of them although some of these wars I would had fought in, I would had loved to be with my ancestor Sgt Mike Strank and rise the flag on Mt Surabichi. I wouldnt fight in many of our more recent wars but if I could had served in WWII or the US Civil War, I would had enlisted. Also some of my other pity stems from the fact that many of these guys are near my age.