I went to see Avenged Sevenfold in concert last month, and it was an amazing night full of memories. But one thing I can’t forget is seeing the lead singer pick up a pair of dog tags that were thrown on stage. He began talking about his support for the soldiers, and I’ll never forget this quote: "We’re not pro-war at all, but those are good…people over there." That line just repeats in my head over and over. A childhood friend of mine is a member of the Air Force, and is stationed in Japan. I haven’t seen her in years. I’m very thankful she’s not in Iraq, but I still miss her a lot. I support the people who have to fight in Iraq for whatever reason we’re still there. And when people see the "support our troops" stickers, they feel like that person is pro-war. That is SO far from the truth. I support every man and woman that has set foot on foreign soil, but I think that it’s time for this war to be over. I think that there is no reason for innocent people to keep losing their lives, or come home so mentally scarred that they can no longer function in society. Pro-war more or less means that you support the reasons America is involved in the War in Iraq, and that you think we were (and still are) right to be there. Pro-soldier pretty much means you support the people being forced to fight, but aren’t behind the reasoning of the troops being there in the first place. I’m sure there are people out there that are still pro-war and think we should keep sending troops into the Middle East, but I think in the recent years, the actual war is losing support. Although, you can’t hate the people being forced to fight in it. That’s my main point. These people are being forced to fight in this war that’s just becoming more and more pointless each and every day. I understand that it’s not a draft, and people sign up for the Army, but some don’t expect being sent to Iraq. There are some that are sent to Iraq, return home, and then are forced to go back. It takes a lot to recover from a war, and some people never do. And that’s the biggest shame. "Those are good…people over there." That statement means so much. There are so many people in Iraq and Afghanistan seeing things that no human being should ever see, and they don’t deserve it. My best friend Mike came up to me one day and said, "I had a high school buddy get blown up in Afghanistan. He’s not coming home." Did he deserve that? Did his friend deserve to not say goodbye to his family one last time, or to never have a beer with his friends again? Did he deserve to die? I highly doubt a 20-something-year-old did enough evil deeds in his short lifetime to deserve to die in a foreign country without his family and friends around him. This is obviously an OPINION about all of this Middle East conflict/war/whatever you choose to call it. You can disagree with my view on the war, but you can’t argue that those are not good people fighting it. I don’t think a subject like this needs to be swept under the rug and hushed because you’re scared of causing a political debate. The point of my article was not to get people angry about the war, or stir up political drama. It was simply to point out that no matter what, THOSE ARE GOOD PEOPLE, and in times like this, they’re going to need all the support they can get.