From: "John Beamish" 

My dad described WWII as long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of
total, absolute terror.

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:10:52 -0500, Phil Payne
 wrote:

>

> Personally, I don't begrudge them respite from the terror they face on
> patrol and I believe, if they have air-conditioning, steaks, phones to
> call
> home, then they deserve them.
>
> Let's not forget what terrorists do.  They instill terror.  Anyone who
> faces
> it professionally deserves long breaks. And let's also not forget how
> many
> tours some have already done.

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