Military

What you guys aren't understanding is that is there is a large difference between attack and defence.

Defending your country is honourable, right and quite necessary due to potential conquest. Attacking other countries that pose no tangible threat is disgraceful behaviour.

I'm happy to support soldiers who engage in the former, indeed I am proud of them for it.

But I have nothing but contempt for those who go forth and mindlessly attack. Indeed, I have the utmost respect for those few recent conscientious objectors who risked imprisonment and other punishments to make their moral point.

Sadly, the border between defense and agression is often blurred. Take for example Israel's recent war against Lebanon. Though many people both condemned and supported it, who was really the agressor and the defender? Taking a brief look, one could easily assume it's Israel, since they attacked Lebanon. However, this idea breaks down when one realizes that the Lebanese government refused to deal properly with terrorists in the South. Israel, with it's soldiers kidnapped, and cities rained on by crude missles, invaded Lebanon to protect its citizens. So, who's really right here?