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Skriven 2009-01-19 17:44:10 av Lee Lofaso (3:800/432.0)
  Kommentar till text 26403 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
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Hello Robert,

>LL>"LBJ! LBJ! How many kids did you kill today?" - anti-war chant

RB>Ho-Ho-Ho-Chi-Minh! Another entry in the collection of
RB>stupid sayings/screaming.

Anti-war protestors have no shortage of chants.  :)

RB>My attitude then (I was then 21 and rated 1-A, deferred
RB>because of university study) was that if we want to win the
RB>war, let's WIN it and not dither around trying to make
RB>everybody happy. Win it or get the hell out.

That's the spirit!  Kill `em all, let God sort `em out!
That'll solve the problem!

RB>I'm now 67 and still think the same. Get into a war, then
RB>DAMMIT! either win it or get out. Unfortunately, dithering
RB>and "negotiation" appears to be more politically palatable.

There should never be any wars.

War is nothing more than the exchange of human lives for real
estate.  In my not so humble opinion, far better to exchange
money for real estate, assuming the buyer has the cash and the
seller wants to sell.

Violence never solves anything.  Violence begets violence.
More violence begets more violence.  Even if genocide is used
as a means to get rid of a population, unless that genocide
is total, there will always be dispute as to who owns what.

Adolf Hitler tried to use genocide as a means of getting
rid of the Jews.  But what happened?  The Jews got the homeland
they always wanted.  At the expense of the Palestinians.

There are many other examples of genocide besides Germany.
One only has to look at Darfur.  Or Rwanda.  Or Cambodia under
Pol Pot.  And other places.

"Peace Through Strength" was not a very intelligent phrase.
Neither was "Might Makes Right".  If there was any truth to
those phrases, the country which has the strongest military
would always win, and be right to invade any other country.

"If you want peace, work for justice." - Pope Paul VI

--Lee


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