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Hawker rider: The difference is that the people of our armed services that are dying in Iraq are there because they support their country and are patriotic. Granted, some of them signed up before the war and didn't count on going to war or active duty. None-the-less, they all knew what they were getting into when they joined, and they joined in spite of that knowledge.
On the other side of the coin, Halliburton is a business-not our government. The people working for them are just that, employee's. Not soldiers. Halliburton exists to make money, nothing else. I have no sympathy for people who die over there because they chose to work for a corporation that sent them to their deaths for "financial gains". Yes, the company probably paid well. So they put their lives on the line for money rather than take a job at McDonald's that isin't nearly as glamorous or profitable. And now I'm supposed to feel bad for them because they couldn't possibly bring themselves to work a menial job like a whole hell of a lot of American's do?
Not one single American that has died in Iraq that was there because of a private company, needed to be there or die. I feel bad that they have died and I feel sad for their families but I still feel their deaths wouldn't have happened if they had said "no, I won't go over there."
One of the saddest moment's I can remember from this war was when David Bloom died. I really liked and respected him and i was shocked and cried when he died. However, I still stand by my point, he most likely wouldn't have died at such a young age if he had not been in Iraq.
Ali
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