I think quite a few protesters were happy to find a legitimate, non-controversial target for their protests. I was one of the people who definetely opposed the war. I did so for one reason; a firm belief that Afghanistan should be sorted out first, and that an act of nation-building in Iraq that started with an attack by the US would only pave the way for fundamentalists. Well, it's already happened, and now the job has to be done. The new fight isn't between US forces and Baathists, it's a struggle to give the Iraqis better lives. It has to succeed, or the Middle East will be much more worse off than before.
The people who keep going on about it, are already stuck in the past. The question should be "Were do we go from here?".
And I certainly don't see the point in whining at the closest guy in a uniform. As pointed out, it wasn't your friend's decision.
The only choice your friend made was to join the service. The morals behind that could be debated. Not where he's sent after that.
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