I am completely outraged at your statement. Soldiers, who put their lives on the line to protect your country and countries everywhere, shouldn't be honored for dying in battle? They shouldn't be given recognition for saving peoples' lives? That is probably the most ridiculous statement I've ever seen you put on this forum.

And how can you even compare prisoners to soldiers? That is an unfair comparison because they're not one in the same. The murders in the prisons are there because they killed for, more than likely, selfish reasons. They killed illegally for drugs, money, etc. They didn't kill anyone for the good of the country. They killed for themselves. How dare you even make such a comparison.

Who gives a shit if they're "paid to fight and die?" It's a career choice, and they know damn well what they're getting into before they go off to boot camp/training/the war. You don't think that's brave? You think they're just doing it for the financial benefits? My sister is going into the Marines, and she knows what she's getting into. She knows there is a possibility of going to war and dying overseas. But she does it because someone else who was in the military impacted her life. He died in Iraq doing what he loved to do. Doesn't that count for something?

I don't necessarily agree with the reasons why the United States is in Iraq, and no one can change my mind about that. But you also can't change my mind about supporting our troops, no matter where they are or what they're fighting for. Yes, there probably have been a lot of innocent bystanders dying due to the war, and they don't talk about it a lot. That still does not give you a reason to rag on the soldiers for the media's biased ways.