Quote Originally Posted by DaBudhaStank
Newsflash: No, we aren't. This whole situation has been called "The War in Iraq" almost since it's inception, courtesy of our money and politically driven 24 hour cable news friends. Too bad we not once ever declared war on Iraq. We issued several air strikes and a ground invasion. Vietnam wasn't a war either, it was a "conflict". Exact same policy was used back in the day.
It's kind of a semantics argument at this point isn't it? I mean, no matter what you call it (war, conflict, police action, beanbag fight, pissing contest), anyone joining the military right now knows what they are signing up for, right? Hard combat in Iraq or Aghanistan. Who could realisticaly expect anything else?

I hope the best for the sister and for everyone fighting over there. Please, God, come home safe. And I know that there are plenty of people who have been "stop lossed" into a war they never signed up for, or pulled out of the duty they expected when they signed up for the Guard, but anyone who has signed up in the last five years must know what they are getting into. They should not be surprised.