Are you willing to fight and/or die for your country?

[Sgt. Boomer]

Crazy_Ivan Wrote:Let\'s play the whole thing over again from the middle of 2002 or so... but with a slighly different plot
The following scenario is based on some guesswork and general info on the region, but is (i think) somewhat realistic.
Saddam gets murdered by a bodyguard or some suicide commando … etc, etc, etc

Whoa! Good call Ivan. I just read in the paper Friday that Uday Hussein had been plotting a coup against Saddam for the last few years. Maybe your not so crazy.

jones0430 Wrote:Once you are part of a unit other forces come to the fore. In combat you aren\'t too concerned with the idealogical motivations. You are fighting for the family around you, your squad mates.

Excellent point. Ideals and patriotism are strong motivating factors when the danger of death is far removed and abstract. But on the battlefield where death is very real, veterans always say that it’s loyalty to their comrades that motivates their actions at that point.