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Yeah, I used to.When I was on leave from Iraq, I was at a party and saw some wannabe wearing dog tags. I ignored it at first, but it just kept bugging me.Maybe it was because he was also wearing gangster flags (red bandana hanging out of his pants). I don't know, but after a few drinks, my blood started to boil, and I called him out.I can't remember my exact words, but they weren't pretty. I basically told him how he was disrespecting my friends and family by wearing those dog tags just to look cool like some rapper or something (see Eminem).I was expecting a fight, but he was actually really calm about it. He took them off and held them up in front of me.He said, ‘These belonged to my brother. He was killed in Iraq last year. It's all I have left of him.’Ouch. Every once in awhile life teaches us a lesson.So yes, it is upsetting to me when I see civilians wear military surplus for a fashion statement, but not when they do it as a sign of respect.The thing is, you don't know unless you ask.EDIT: Or for practical reasons. Nobody is getting mad at a hunter for wearing camo, or a person wearing military boots, because they rock. Y’all know what I mean.Cheers

The US State Department seems to think so: they issued a statement advising Americans to get out of Iraq, by air if possible and over land if not (to where? Syria? Iran?), and to not go to the embassy.Next to seeing the Russian flag raised over an abandoned American military base, it’s the most humiliating thing I’ve seen the US be forced into since the fall of Saigon.

Thanks for the question. It is really sad to see how people respond to this question by saying:If you kill civilians, you will get killed as well.Why do they not talk about Sumgayit?As a human-being, no matter whether I am Azerbaijani or Armenian, I am against of killing civilians. For me there is no excuse to do this. Consequences must be even much stricter, if we are talking about killing elderly, woman & children. These are the basic rules of war crime, according to UN. Sadly, no one cares.To the Armenians who comments on Khojali massacre by saying “If you kill civilians, you will get killed as well OR why do they not talk about Sumgayit”:Nagorno-Karabakh was a place inhabited by Armenians and Azerbaijanis. The territory was (and still is) part of Azerbaijan and ethnic Azerbaijani people had no intention to make changes. Armenian side was the aggressor (even Armenia is considered as an aggressor by United Nations), which means their intention was to attack and liberate Azerbaijani populated areas. I am asking the readers of this post to provide me an evidence where Azerbaijani side did a mass civil killing of Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh war. I am open to discussions in this matter. However, Azerbaijani civilians were massacred by Armenian Freedom Fighters (that is how they were called by Armenians) during 1991–1993 in Garadaghli, Esgeran, Khojali & Shusha. The most terrific one was Khojali, where more than 600 civilian were massacred in one night. I agree, there are many thoughts on the internet about this mass cleansing. Armenian authorities have repeatedly mentioned they provided a safe path way to let civilian leave Khojali and they then say Armenians did not attack the city from all sides, instead they started the operation from three places and left one side free to run away. (even this statement confirms which side has been an aggressor in this war). I am not interested whether Armenians attacked the city from all sides, or left one side free to leave. I am interested in the consequence of this. We are talking about the killing of more than 600 (elderly, woman, children) people. You should at least feel sorry about this.As an Azerbaijani, I accept that Armenians were killed in Sumgayit even though numbers are much less (official statistics 26, unofficial up to 50) than Khojali. For me numbers, do not matter, at the end of the day we are talking about killing of civil people. But I must also note some other points about Sumgayit matter. Not like Khojali (no one has been sentenced for killing civilians), because of Sumgayit events Ahmed Ahmedov (Azerbaijani) was sentenced to the death penalty, Eduard Gregorian [Armenian living in Baku] went to jail for 12 years (together with some other Azerbaijanis). And I kindly ask you to think again from objective perspective that how it could be possible in one of multinational, industrial & important Soviet city to prepare such an event without the notice of Soviets (We all know how powerful was Soviet KGB). And think again how can an Armenian be involved in the killing of Armenians. Then please ask older people (Armenians), who lived in Baku and surrounding territories, whether they faced any racist issues during their life there. Please ask them where they worked. Have you ever thought why most of Azerbaijanis living in Armenia were involved in agricultural works, where Armenians worked as teachers, doctors, architects, government representatives etc.? I have talked to several Armenians who lived in Baku before, they all said the same thing “Armenians in Armenia (not in Nagorno Karabakh) started this problem”. How would you answer to deport Azerbaijani people from Armenia starting from 1985–86?I wish our people (Armenians, Azerbaijanis) not to be a blind nationalist. We must love our countries, but should not be a blind supporter of everything, whatever is being told in news.Peace.