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Originally posted by Kriz_4
I also think that anyone who is prowar is worthless as a human being.
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Originally posted by Wardr08e
the idea that somebody putting some bits of wood in the ground with Fallen Soldiers names on it and calling it a memorial is absurd.
If there's growing sentiment against the war in Iraq, many area veterans of the fight aren't taking it personally.
Vets see the opposition as a protest against policy, not them or their service.
But Crawford and others believe there would be fewer protests and more support for military operations in Iraq if Americans had a clearer picture of what's going on there.
"We really made a difference in the lives of the Iraqis, and we're still making a difference," he said. "We're making progress. We're going to continue to face resistance, but we have to work through that. We can have liberty, freedom and democracy in that region.
Originally posted by Wardr08e
it is disrespectful and disgraceful to run them over like that all im saying is that it could be just as bad, in my opinion worse to put them up like that in the first place.
a memorial to the fallen should be something the people can look apon with pride, they should be elevated above the common man.
for only then do we see them in the light they deserve to be seen.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
It's worse to erect crosses in soldiers' names than it is to mow them down? OK, you're certainly entitled to your opinion.
Like at Arlington cemetery? They're crosses in the ground.
I'm afraid your politics are really getting in the way here. The respect and honor these protesters have for the soldiers is obvious. They may be clumsy in their manner of display, but their hearts are in the right place, and in MY opinion, that's what's important.
The man who removed the one cross that bore his son's name showed true respect. The man who mowed them down showed nothing but IGNORANCE and anger.
Originally posted by PBscientist
Actually, there is something about the unity of arlington. Thousands of white crosses in neat rows, neatly trimmed grass... It just seems kind of eerie, like a holy site.
Originally posted by boogyman
Oh please your making it seem as if the troops are a uniform and homogenous mass that wholeheartedly supports the politics of the right. The dirty little secret is that the US military is every bit as divided as the American public is.