#4018 - 02/09/08 08:52 PM
Re: whats your opinion on the war?
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fakepropht
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Judging from your responses, you know nothing about the military besides what you are told. I too am a veteran. A disabled veteran. I collect a monthly payment from the US Government. I am a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foriegn Wars. I served during Desert Storm. If you printed this page and took to our local American Legion hall, 300 members would take you into a back room and beat you silly. To echo what Fist said, the military is an all volunteer force. If you go into it thinking you won't have to go to war, you are and idiot. While you may not personally support the reason behind the war, you took an oath to die for your country as a warrior. That is the number one reason of the military. It isn't to get an education, see different countries, or meet new people.
By the way, when is Bush going to release this "cache" of oil he is stockpiling? He only has 11 months left in office. Or is he secretly shipping it to China? Perhaps he is stockpiling here so the next president can release it? Not hardly, since that would make that president look pretty swell to the American public.
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#4218 - 02/13/08 11:49 PM
Re: whats your opinion on the war?
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DaVinci
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War is necessary.
Unfortunately at the moment we're caught between a rock and a hard place. The situation overseas (especially Helmand, Mosul and Fallujah) has been increasing with hostility for quite some time now. My last vacation landed me in the thick of it, but things are slowly improving through the use of communication. Fatalities are down, violence levels have dropped dramatically, but the hostility is still there - and is increasing daily especially since the Israeli Strike Force Attacks on Gaza, and the recent assassination of Bhutto, as well as the recent killing of 2 senior Hezbollah Commanders.
The war isn't pointless; its intention was not an invasion of Iraq - it's a security and installation operation. Same with OP Catalyst and OP Slipper; both are there as part of the Reconstruction Forces (this is the ADF, by the way) however the United States Marine Corps is more in the 'glass-house' effect of the recent hostility increase. The objective is to unite the Government, train the Iraqi Army, eliminate and/or capture any and all potential threats that pose a national security threat to the new installation of the Iraqi Government and restore Law and Order.
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#4549 - 02/26/08 06:01 AM
Re: whats your opinion on the war?
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DaVinci
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2 things.
Number 1: We're (The United States) in the Middle East from now on, or at least the next several generations. Our children's children and their grandchildren will be over there.
Let's make no mistake about that.
Number 2: The United States did a good thing over all by ridding the world of Saddam Hussein. Sure, some say The US put him in power, well...whatever. The fact of the matter is, is that when his neck went SNAP, that was a good thing.
I'd like to know how the execution of Saddam Hussein was a good thing - all it did was increase the violence. There'll be another to take his place in the near future.
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#4555 - 02/26/08 01:10 PM
Re: whats your opinion on the war?
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Jeseth
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Regardless, it is the politician that causes war. In our society politicians are elected by the people, ergo, it is the people themselves who are responsible for war. We could argue all day as to the legitimacy of modern elections in the United States though, don't you think?
My opinion on the war, is that it's pointless. "Live and let die." So lets let the Middle East die. I don't want a single damn cent of my tax money spent on anything there, unless it's dirty, smutty magazines and copies of The Satanic Bible that we can rain down from the sky to help corrupt the minds of their children. They were doing a damn fine job of killing each other before the United States stepped in. They'll continue to do a fine job of it when the United States steps out.
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