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<blockquote data-quote="criticalbass" data-source="post: 1331226" data-attributes="member: 711">Why is it important that this particular US citizen was a soldier?&nbsp; I respect his service, but if he made a bad, non-military decision (to go there in the first place) then I don&#039;t see that the mantle of respect we have finally conferred on the military (for the moment anyway, Tommy-this and Tommy-that), extends to personal visits to hazardous locations.&nbsp; If he had been killed in a car wreck down there, we wouldn&#039;t be seeing all this stuff.&nbsp; I strongly suspect he got caught in a crossfire.&nbsp; Hope he wasn&#039;t otherwise involved, and doubt that he was.But, going to war with who?&nbsp; We really need another war right now, where we don&#039;t know who to fight.&nbsp; I think we should bury the dead with whatever honors are appropriate and find a way to put the cartels out of the business we support so well right now.&nbsp;&nbsp; CB</blockquote>

[QUOTE="criticalbass, post: 1331226, member: 711"] Why is it important that this particular US citizen was a soldier? I respect his service, but if he made a bad, non-military decision (to go there in the first place) then I don't see that the mantle of respect we have finally conferred on the military (for the moment anyway, Tommy-this and Tommy-that), extends to personal visits to hazardous locations. If he had been killed in a car wreck down there, we wouldn't be seeing all this stuff. I strongly suspect he got caught in a crossfire. Hope he wasn't otherwise involved, and doubt that he was. But, going to war with who? We really need another war right now, where we don't know who to fight. I think we should bury the dead with whatever honors are appropriate and find a way to put the cartels out of the business we support so well right now. CB [/QUOTE]

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