He has had to ask me to not discuss by email his job hunting, through fear of the monitoring of his email. His best friend was just fired for emailing a job application out from his computer on an airforce network. Fighting for freedom of whose speech?

Unfortunately...for the Native Americans. And for other peoples and nations after that.

aw - Now it works. My apologies for the formatting problems above.

Established the US as a country.

You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it.

Every time we gotta go some place to fight, you fellas always give us a ride.

cp – Disingenuous at best. The south attacked the Union, and the civil war was fought. The reason why the south fought was that it knew that slavery was going to be eliminated. Cause and effect. If the Union hadn’t responded, slavery would have continued.

"the war people wage against each other on a day-to-day basis." Oh, SURRRRRE.

The Edge ... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. --- Hunter Thompson

Tell your brother to not be put out. It is not at all unusual for employers to demand that employees not use company equipment for private purposes. I would hope that you, and he, grow into an understanding of the concept.

Why do you ask? Are you forming a band?

All those nasties have just been one big misunderstanding. Uh huh.

"Nobody really understood what we were talking about on that song," he continued. "It wasn't about Vietnam. It never once mentioned the war in Vietnam. It just so happened that, at the time, the war was going on, and the words just lent themselves to the occasion. Actually, we were talking about a war of people -- the war people wage against each other on a day-to-day basis. All the words are applicable to neighbors who fight with each other, you know, 'War, what is it good for?' That's what the song was about, at least for me."

Eliminated slavery in the US.

Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men, Uncle Sam needs your help again. He's got himself in a terrible jam Way down yonder in Vietnam So put down your books and pick up a gun, We're gonna have a whole lotta fun. And it's one, two, three, What are we fighting for ? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, Next stop is Vietnam. And it's five, six, seven, Open up the pearly gates, Well there ain't no time to wonder why Whoopee! we're all gonna die. Well, come on mothers throughout the land, Pack your boys off to Vietnam. Come on fathers, don't hesitate, Send 'em off before it's too late. Be the first one on your block To have your boy come home in a box.

Eliminated the Nazis, Fascists... Eliminated slavery in the US.

Eliminated the Nazis, Fascists...??? Eliminated slavery in the US...???

There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down There's battle lines being drawn Nobody's right if everybody's wrong --- Stephen Stills

And I dreamed I saw the bomber jet planes Riding shotgun in the sky Turning into butterflies Above our nation...

He's five feet two and he's six feet four He fights with missiles and with spears He's all of 31 and he's only 17 He's been a soldier for a thousand years He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an athiest, a Jain, a Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew and he knows he shouldn't kill and he knows he always will kill you for me my friend and me for you And he's fighting for Canada, he's fighting for France, he's fighting for the USA, and he's fighting for the Russians and he's fighting for Japan, and he thinks we'll put an end to war this way And he's fighting for Democracy and fighting for the Reds He says it's for the peace of all He's the one who must decide who's to live and who's to die and he never sees the writing on the walls But without him how would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau Without him Caesar would have stood alone He's the one who gives his body as a weapon to a war and without him all this killing can't go on He's the universal soldier and he really is to blame His orders come from far away no more They come from him, and you, and me and brothers can't you see this is not the way we put an end to war.

well, your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore, they're already overcrowded, from your dirty little war. now jesus don't like killing, no matter what the reasons for, and your flag decal won't get you into heaven any more. john prine

And you, of tender years, Can't know the fears that your elders grew by, And so please help them with your youth, They seek the truth before they can die. Teach your parents well, Their children's hell will slowly go by, And feed them on your dreams The one they picks, the one you'll know by.