re: Question about the way we see veterans

Most Veterans join their military branches because for whatever reason they feel an obligation to do their duty. They don't join to become a killer or to be killed. Once inducted a lot of them become one or the other, some both. Either way they pay a terrible price. They don't volunteer to go to Iraq, they are ordered to go. They follow orders with the same sense of duty that compelled them to join. They don't ask for anything from you but respect. They do it for the right reasons even when our politicians are motivated for less noble reasons. You need to walk a mile in combat boots before you ask anyone how they see a vet. What have you done for the rest of us.