[QUOTE=pretend my name is witty]
I’d heard that the troops were the ones that decided to go to war, and wasn’t a decision from the government…sigh
…
[/QUOTE]
I myself am happy with this generalisation. It is hard to understand though why it rarely makes an appearance when discussing the combat death of these very same troops. Hard to credit I know, but trust me when I post that you will often find talk of heroics, extraordinary sacrifice, bravery & similarly unlikely paens for guys who are just doing a government job. Curious, no?
Hey, give the idiot some credit, at least he is not a complete ‘pinko-leftist wacko’. He obviously believes in the death penalty.
So William Strunk Jr, do you feel the same impotent rage every time a gang banger gets a lighter sentence for turning evidence against his fellows in crime?
Or do you reserve your hatred and broad brush for just soldiers. **Der Trihs ** usually makes a little sense. You are just a moron or what **Oakminster ** said.
[Quote=William Strunk, Jr.]
If they would all stand up and say we won’t stand for this in our organization this would never happen. But they don’t. Just like My Lai. And this will happen again.
[/Quote]
War is ugly and in some people it brings out the best in them. Some it brings out the worst. This kind of face to face war is the worst kind. The army should be careful to weed out the sickos.
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn]
Exactly. Charles Manson is eligible for parole each year, yet I don’t see him getting out any time soon.
[/QUOTE]
Brief Hijack: How awesome must those parole hearings be, though? “Yes, ladies and gentleman, I can assure you that I have been thoroughly rehabilitated. If paroled, I will live out my years cooking and cleaning and writing gentle poetry and EATING THE BONES OF THOSE WHO DEFY ME and playing Parchesi and raising chickens. What? No? <sigh> See you next year.”
William Strunk, others will explain to you why you are excruciatingly stupid and simpleminded, so I will only make the following plea: on behalf of people who love grammar everywhere, either learn to write a decent sentence or ask the Mods to change your username to anything else. Pretty please?
[QUOTE=William Strunk Jr.]
Go on and defend them. Support the troops. Nevermind that if these same troops would just stand up for the justice this would never happen.
If they would all stand up and say we won’t stand for this in our organization this would never happen. But they don’t. Just like My Lai. And this will happen again.
[/QUOTE]
Just because Oakminster thinks you’re an ass, it doesn’t mean he automatically wishes to defend your enemies, who may also be asses. Do you understand this?
To the men and women of our Armed Forces I wish to say Thank You. Thank you for enduring the hardships and loss that the rest of us can only imagine. And remember “Opinions are like Strunks…”
