re: #198 SanFranciscoZionist

One thing that makes this generation different is that their war is lasting longer. I think soldiers have always wanted to go back into the field because the people they served with are still there.

But our current wars don’t come to an end.

Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my commander Joab and my lord’s men are camped in the open country. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and make love to my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!”

Right. Which was like getting injured in the ETO and then “escaping” the hospital instead of going through the replacement depot only to return to your unit and friends. But in WWII you did your mission minimums and went home or were put behind the line. Even during Vietnam. Stop-loss has changed the dynamics.