Reply #71: OK, I've believed that Gitmo should be closed way before ....

[cdsilv]

..this 'war'. Why the hell should we have a military base in a country we have an embargo
against?

I was just trying to express the facts/opinions of a master sargeant who is my neighbor to the DU community and I got pilloried for doing so.

..............

I live in across the street from the Navy hospital in P'cola, and most of my neighbors are either Navy or Marines. Many of them have been asked to volunteer for Afganistan or Iraq. These folks are KIDS, 18-24 years old. I have daughters in that age range (thankfully living in Texas and uneligible for military service). I'm 46, and never served in the military, never wanted to. Call me a coward if you want to, I don't CARE.

Sigh. and another sigh.