QUOTE(wundermaus @ Aug 20 2005, 01:23 AM)
It should be the final option, the very last option... to loose the dogs of war... not to be left to the whims or expediencies of fools...
God bless your ex-marine... no greater or more noble a deed than to selflessly put his life on the line for the higher ideals of liberty and freedom.
Every life is precious, a universe, an arrow sent into the future from the bows of all previous generations... with all their hopes and dreams at it's tip.
May I borrow your third paragraph for my family genealogy booklet? I think it would make a huge statement as to the seriousness I take one of my "hobbies", as my kids call it.