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"guys that fight for freedom, yours, mine, the worlds", I would beg to differ. I only see more restrictions coming out of this war on terror, on ideas and for 'freedom'. I can no longer travel with a bottle of water, and even feel worried about travel because of my nationality (British) and this is all in the name of freedom? And to add to that how does imposing one person's idea of freedom on another's actually create freedom. People complain about China washing out their varied cultures with 'communism' (a lack of democracy?), for example issuing standard clothing to a nation instead of allowing them to keep their regional dress. Surely what China did in this case is not freedom (preventing people from doing something or wearing certain things), but if you think about it doesn't it sound similar to the USA & allies stance on you're not free until you're free the same way we are, i.e. the only democracy allowed is the American style of democracy.

I have a lot of respect for troops and armed forces at war or stationed in a peace keeping capacity but it does irritate me to hear people say it's in the name of freedom. It's not! It's in the name of oppression, economic and political. It's a war for the freedom of the rich & powerful and not the poor & helpless. Don't be mistaken in thinking that people are dying out there for freedom, they are dying out there because it's their job and they are being asked by high ranking people in the military and government to carry out the mission. It's an essential part of society and I can't imagine a world without armies, it's a shame that people think it's all in the name of freedom. It's in the name of someone's freedom but always at a price of someone else's freedom. There is normally a good and a bad side in any conflict but always remember that the position you sit it changes it all. If I grew up in Palestine and my parents were killed by Israeli action, Israel would be the bad guys. If I grew up in Israel and my parents were killed by a group of suicide bombers then the bombers would be the bad guys. Do not over simplify life. On the good side (US/Britian & allies) there are also bad guys, they send our husbands, fathers brothers and friends to war and are unwilling to take criticism over it. Wait, shouldn't criticism be encouraged if we are really free?

I hate the fact that people have died over the Iraq conflict. People on both sides have died, of these deaths some have been bad guys and some good guys. Not all the good guy deaths are on the same side. People on both sides are bad and thankfully people on both sides are also good. Let us pray for the good people regardless of side and hope that they can help stop this conflict. Be good yourself and concentrate on that, if we all get a better sense of good then we can be sure that good happens. Thinking about which side is good and which is bad leads to blind faith and then bad things happen, good people lead by bad people actually means that bad things are likely to happen. Don't think about them and us, just be good and encourage others to be good.

It is just a hat. But to the men that serve the montra, it is much more. It says that they will protect you, those living in freedom and those oppressed to be spared the hurt and inhumanity of those who do evil deeds to keep you enslaved or imprisioned to their beleifs (as if no one has a right to decide what their beleifs should be).
It does not mean they feel all people are bad, in fact just the opposite, they work next to the locals, fighting for thier rights to have the same freedoms each of us has. You have the right to say what you will about the "hat" because our guys are willing to die for your rights.

Instead of trying to read something into the words that isn't there...support him and our troops in harms way. I saw a bumber sticker today that read "If you can't get behind our troops and support them, then by all means, feel free to stand in front of them." Are you willing to die for your country? Until you have stood in their shoes, be proud and be thankful, for if not for them you could be enslaved or imprisioned to their beleifs with no choice to the contrary! De Oppresso Libor... Liberate the oppresed...Happy Freedom! They do bad things to bad people so you can sleep soundly in your be each night, shower each day and enjoy your freedoms without living in fear!

Actually sons of presidents do have a history of going to war. Check your history before typing. As for the cap, as an American I would not be offended at all if a fighting American was sporting a British flag. We are both on the same side you do relize.