# It's Time **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 10, 2004, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time/223810 "2004-01-10T08:55:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time/223810/1 "2004-01-10T08:55:03Z")
I am a Viet Nam Vet, and I am of the opinion that the war we are now engaged in has all the trappings of another Viet Nam. A couple of nights ago we at the ER I work at saw a Black Hawk Med-E-Vac copter go down. Apparently that red cross means nothing. 9 people dead. Time to shit or get off the pot, George Quasi ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time/223810/2 "2004-01-10T14:16:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > \*\*Apparently that red cross means nothing. \*\* Precisely why were there. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time/223810/3 "2004-01-10T14:31:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ParentalAdvisory \* > \*\*Precisely why were there. \*\* Odd, I thought it was to ‘protect the American (and British) people from WMD’. Still, I guess if you’re scratching around in the pantheon of bullcrap reasoning we’ve been fed, that’s another stool you can add to the pile. It absolutely sucks that medical vehicles are being struck, but unfortunately insurgents don’t play by the rules of war. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time/223810/4 "2004-01-10T16:24:41Z")
Sure, it’s about WMD’s. Saddam may be gone, but some of his rule is still around. Everything from the way they treat Iraqis to WMD’s sounds like a good reason to me. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time/223810/5 "2004-01-11T13:56:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ParentalAdvisory \* > \*\*Sure, it’s about WMD’s. Saddam may be gone, but some of his rule is still around. Everything from the way they treat Iraqis to WMD’s sounds like a good reason to me. \*\* This post contradicts your use of the word “precisely”, which is what I was objecting to.