>I only intended to respond to the first part of your post but when I got to this part I had to add something. First I had to have a cry ( and I'm not a crier) because all I could think about was 13 more of my brothers and sisters died doing what they believed in and I was too old and not there to help. I can't respond anymore , now but I will always remember:
>“To those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.”
>― P. McCree Thornton, The Star Spangled Son

That's touching.
More touching when you realize that for the past 20 years we've been sending good people, like those guys who came to talk to my vet's group to wars that had absolutely nothing to do with our freedom.
I had to bite my tongue when I met those brave young men and I did it out of respect for them.
But let's not kid ourselves, those wars were atrocities.