Jan,

I will agree with you on one thing.  War is not clean.  But war has never
been clean.  Before the 20th Centuries most wars were bloody and involved
many innocents.  Look at the American War for Indepence,  this war was
extremely bloody to both innocents as well as the men fighting the war as
soldiers.  Never can we agree with all that was done but to not honor the
men who did nothing more than obey the orders given them, is condemning
them for something they had no control over.  I stand up and honor men on
both sides who fought for what they believed was right.  I have lived in
Japan who bombed Pearl Harbor, and in no way can I say that they did not
give their lives for what they believed was right.  War will never be a
clean thing, and in this day of Television and instant news we will never
look at it the same way again.  It is an unfortunate that we can not look
past the fact that wrong was done by the leaders of the war and honor those
men and women who gave their lives so that you may be free.