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Skriven 2006-06-11 15:55:00 av Robert E Starr JR (2826.babylon5)
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On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 00:18:01 +0000 (UTC), Carl Dershem
<dershem@cox.net> wrote:

>"Dennis \(Icarus\)" <ala_dir_diver@yahoo.com> wrote in
>news:71f9b$448b39f4$18d64cf6$17353@KNOLOGY.NET: 
>
>> 
>> "Carl" <cengman7@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:rM6dneilRcRmsRbZnZ2dnUVZ_t-dnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>
>>> "Dennis (Icarus)" <ala_dir_diver@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ed07a$448b276d$18d64cf6$12440@KNOLOGY.NET...
>>>
>>>
>>> > Still, it would not surprise me in the least if there are some
>>> > folks who are
>>> > glad when US troops are killed by the enemy, glad when they're
>>> > accused 
>> of
>>> > doing something horrible. It'd reinforce their presumption that the
>>> > US 
>> is
>>> > in
>>> > the wrong.
>>>
>>> Anyone that hopes our troops get killed by the enemy has serious
>>> issues 
>> that
>>> have nothing to do with any political affiliation.
>> 
>> Here's one example of wom I was thinking of
>> http://www.academia.org/campus_reports/2003/apr_2003_2.html
>> 
>> I'll thankfully admit that folks like this are the exception (on both
>> sides of the aisle)
>
>I wish I could remember Niven's Maxim, but agree that, no matter what the 
>idea, some numbnuts will screw it up.  People like the (&%$* referred to 
>are an embarassment to the species.
>
>While I'm one of those who agrees that our presence in Iraq is, at 
>minimum, a crime, killing (or condemning) our troops is no proper way to 
>deal with it.  Having been one of those troops for 10 years, I have much 
>empathy for them, and contempt for those who give the orders.

Or those who give the orders to those who give the orders -- I don't
think I've ever seen the military brass this upset, not even during
Vietnam.

-- 
Josh

"I'm not going to play like I've been a person who's spent hours involved with
foreign policy.
I am who I am." - George W. Bush
                                                                               
               
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