Text 5347, 41 rader
Skriven 2004-11-24 21:44:21 av John Hull (1:379/1.99)
   Kommentar till text 5254 av Björn Forsström (2:203/614.61)
Ärende: Word From the Front
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24 Nov 04 18:12, Björn Forsström wrote to John Hull:

 BF>>> There is a back-side to everything and war isn't that glamouros 
 BF>>> as the story wants us to believe.

 JH>> Most of the players here are combat veterans.  We know a hell of a 
 JH>> lot more about it than you do.

 BF> Well, damn it, then you should know!

What is it with you foreigners, anyway?  What makes you think you've got all
the fucking answers, hmmm?  Your country doesn't have a tradition of military
service like ours, you don't live in this country, and you aren't in Iraq. 
Where do you get off giving us grief when you haven't got the guts to be there
helping in the fight against world terrorism?

Yes, we're combat vets.  Most of us have been shot at and have had to shoot at
other human beings.  That soldier didn't personally want to shoot anybody.  If
he was given a no-fault choice he would opt to go home I'm sure.  But he
volunteered for military service.  He took an oath to serve his country, but
more importantly, his is there helping to free the Iraqi people.  When he goes
into combat he is fighting first for his comrades - his squad mates - then for
his country.  Everything he does is based on the training he got and is
intended to protect himself and his buddies so that they can complete their
mission.  He had no desire to shoot that goddamn terrorist, but the alternative
was to expose his whole squad to potential death.  He did the right thing,
whether YOU like it or not.

When was the last time you put your ass on the line for your country, eh,
Bjorn?  When was the last time you were in danger of being shot or blown up by
some terrorist thug playing dead?  You got no room to criticize the US, or that
soldier, because you don't have the balls to stand up for something larger than
yourself.

John 

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