Well I'll go with Sinner here, warrior would have been a better word for me to use. Please pardon my abuse of the English lexicon, but understand that my claims also characterize my desire for soldiers to be true and honorable. If more people used the word soldier in the context I've used here then our society would hold the military to a higher standard. Even those here who are opposed to war, or at least this one, wax patriotic in our military because the soldier is our defender, our standard bearer to the world, and the only envoy that most foreigners ever get to meet, and in that capicity they do us proud. Given the recent accusations of abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers I think that elevating the bar for or our soldiers would do a lot of good. But if the common definition is to precious to change a little then I guess I'm wasting my words.
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