For the record, I don't think it matters who served in what army or who's doing what now as far as putting a cogent argument together is concerned.

If you disagree with the argument address what's wrong with the argument.
I agree.

And, in general, it is possible that some chickenhawk is actually providing a more useful service safe at home than on the front lines.

Now, the PROBLEM is when we move from the GENERAL case to the SPECIFIC case. Which is what happened in this thread. From the general "chickenhawk" to the specific "Marlowe".

Particularly when the specifics of the specific case are, for some reason, unspecified. As in Marlowe's case.

So, while I may believe that it is possible that aliens have landed on this planet in the past, your claims that you have been the victim of an alien anal problem last Tuesday need some substantiation more than your word.