Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
In the sixties, the soldiers took the blame. 'Babykillers', indeed. In Canada, the US, Europe, erm...don't know about elsewhere. Nowadays, a returning soldier is seen as just a guy who did his duty / job / calling. Any blame is laid with the politicians, not the individual soldier. Anti-war does not equal anti-soldier anymore.
There was a British soldier who just recently was refused a room at a hotel when he showed his military ID card.

I agree with most of your points, except for one. Being anti-war can be anti-soldier, especially in a roundabout fashion. If you take a way the weapons and equipment necessary for a soldier to properly fight a war, then send them to a war, lose an election, change your stance on the war completely and become anti-war, you're anti-soldier. When people die because you haven't provided them with the proper equipment to fight their battles, you are anti-soldier. If a soldier dies because you're trying to save money, you are anti-soldier.

Yes, I am talking about the Liberal Party of Canada, just for the record.