Originally Posted by LT6916
yea, but on the battlefield - its you or them. would you rather die so they can go home to their family? hell no! and when you're there, you're no longer fighting for you country - you're fighting for the guy right next to you, who's there for the same reason. THAT is what you're fighting for.
Or, as General Patton once put it, "the glory of war is not in dying for your country. It's making the other poor bastard die for his country."