[Rhodes22-list] Re: Commitment to war

[Steve]

Stan
Maybe some people just Recognize the need to help
people out when they are being murbered, raped,
sprayed with chemical weapons, etc.  

I support the war & any war that helps make people
free.  

Based on the comment you made about me below, since
you are for the terrorists, why don't YOU just go over
there and fight with the terrorists:-)  See Stan,
comments like this are stupid, they make no sense. 
When you are the big dog on the plantet; this country
has to help people that can't help themselves.  I know
liberals only think about themselves and thier welfare
programs; BUT there are more important things to spend
money on than lazy Americans who won't work for a
living.  Now if the liberals really wanted to do
someting for thier fellow man; then they would give up
all earthly possessions to the government:-) Are you
going to donate your business Stan????????????  Do it
for the children!!!!!!!!!!! :-)
Steve


--- stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:

> thanks for the rare sharing, Rummy.
> 
> Still waiting for Steve and friends to back up their
> bravado with enlisting 
> or Bush to let his daughters sign up.  Maybe war is
> exciting and glamorous 
> for some who stay home and hire others - but if it
> really, really, really is 
> the right thing to do, as several on the List seem
> to think, then it should 
> also be the right thing to declare war, have a fair
> draft for those asked to 
> serve and rationing for the fully committed home
> front.  I for one would 
> never allow my kids to be taken for any half hearted
> venture where the 
> politically correct back up is tax cutting and
> magnetic symbols.
> 
> stan, WW11
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 4:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Commitment to war
> 
> 
> > Herb and all,
> >
> > Neither the body count or the number in country
> had anything to do  with 
> > our
> > commitment or lack thereof in Vietnam. When a
> soldier is being fired  upon 
> > and
> > has to radio for permission to return fire, that's
> a lack of  commitment.
> > Remember, we didn't have cell phones in those days
> and military  radio's, 
> > as good
> > as they were, often couldn't contact anyone. I was
> with an  armored unit 
> > in I
> > Corps (DMZ area) from 1970 to 1971 and saw a lot
> of strange  stuff, but
> > having to ask for permission to return fire is the
> one thing that  really 
> > burned my
> > butt. Sometimes we just didn't ask for permission
> and pleaded  no radio
> > contact when questioned after the fact. It was
> easier and saved our  butts 
> > on many
> > an occasion.
> > The one thing that concerns me when these
> discussions come up on the list 
> > is
> > that I doubt that many people on either side of
> the issue know what 
> > happens
> > to the human body when it is hit with a fifty
> caliber round or a grenade. 
> > Or,
> > when a RPG hits a tank and burns through the
> armament and blows up inside 
> > the
> > tank turning those bodies into chipped beef. War
> isn't pretty people. Part
> > of my  duties while in Vietnam were to identify
> bodies at the morgue when 
> > they
> > were  brought in from the field. I still have
> nightmares about my 
> > experiences,
> > and  don't talk about them very often. The
> decision to go to war has to be
> > taken very  seriously. People talking about body
> counts like your counting 
> > cord
> > wood makes  me sick. Take a walk through a
> veterans hospital sometime and 
> > meet
> > some of the  walking dead. Your thoughts on war
> will change, I guarantee 
> > it.
> > War isn't good  for any living thing.
> > Time to step off the soap box and mix a drink.
> Coke has a new Diet Coke 
> > made
> > with Splenda. No more Nutrasweet poisoning. Yeah!
> >
> > Rummy
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