I have Never Read An article with which I have so Vehemently Disagreed

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

And here I thought - it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country.

Your post lack taste.

My post lacks taste, or my posts lack taste?

Regardless, going to war is risking death, blowing yourself up is suicide. While the point has been somewhat obscurred in modern warfare - war is not about dying, or killing the enemy, it is about winning. That can be done without a single injury, though it is very difficult.

Dar es-Salaam?

...has not been repeated, which is my point. Meanwhile, Gerry Adams, terrorist par excellence is Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, they've never been able to pin anything on him - including being at Bloody Sunday.