I guess all these people worldwide are just part of the minority as well? http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,919813,00.html
Bruce, didn't know you were in the Middle East during the Yom Kippur War. One of my very best friends was one of the 500 or so Israeli soldiers that defended the Golan Heights with less than 200 tanks. They were outnumbered by at least 7 to 1 by Syrian tanks, and faced almost 20,000 Syrian troops. They won the battle - in the process not very many survived. When Dan can talk about the battle, I just sit and listen intently to stories of heroism that make me quiver inside. There is a book on this battle, "Crying for Imma" that is recommended reading.
Dude, that is one of the most magnificent military events in history and sadly so few people here in the states know about it. Cool that you know someone from it. Of course, in my usual honesty I have to admit that the only combat I saw in this period was after it was over, in a bar in Athens, I think I beat up EX-CCS Racer's squid Grandfather. Well, actually I got hit over the head with a broken part of a barstool.
Yeah, no Purple Heart or nuthin! Yeah, we were supposed to go in if Israel starting losing the war. My company commander told us about the third day of the war, "Looks like we're gonna be doing nuthing but fishing off the fantail."