Originally Posted by TMOliver

I do on occasion, long ago spending extended periods overseas (including a not-brief-enough period in a conflict) in the service of this country (which incidentally includes both you and Continental Ailines). If CO also chooses to buy these men and women a drink, I applaud the decision, although from an admittedly less than objective perspective.

After all, it is WE (That's all of us/US.) who send them into Harm's Way. They are ours, the sons and dfaughters of this nation.