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Originally posted by longbow
Race car drivers are paid to drive fast and risk their lives. Do you think any of them would get into a car if they were told to drive without any brakes?
That's not good analogy, they have the weapons to defend themselves or not? I know they would like to have 4 abrams 2 helicopters, and predator UAV for escort, but you cannot always have everything you want.
Its easy for all you keyboard warriors to talk tough but youre all dumb if you would blindly obey any order no matter how stupid, thats brainwashing IMO.
For many slodiers the actions like Omaha Beach were also stupid and suicidal misions.
Following orders is not always the best thing to do.
After all the soldiers at Abu Ghraib were just following orders right?
Don't mix violating POW rights with this please.
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Originally posted by rsaunders
Freedom is not free. �
Originally posted by marg6043
rsaunders
Hummm..............can you enlighten us please on what the mission in Iraq is all about, it seems that you are a littler bit confused, see Iraq was a "liberation" of the Iraqi people from a "brutal" dictator.
Originally posted by deevee
So if you were under Lt. William Calley's command in Vietnam you would have said "YES SIR" ?
Originally posted by taibunsuu
Oh. So American freedom depends on invading Arabia, 8,000 or so miles, and ocean and a continent away from our country?
Uh-huh. Tell us another nice bedtime story for children.
Originally posted by marg6043
Hummm..............can you enlighten us please on what the mission in Iraq is all about, it seems that you are a littler bit confused, see Iraq was a "liberation" of the Iraqi people from a "brutal" dictator.
Originally posted by marg6043
Now again can you enlighten us on the mission in Iraq and why their liberation is going to make me more free?
Originally posted by marg6043
Even my husband thinks that what is going on in Iraq, must be pretty bad to drive these people into becoming mutiny, but like some has said they are not active military soldiers they were activated because the conflict in Iraq, usually these people take over the man power in the military bases but now they are in the front lines so that tell you� people that have never been in a war� how bad things are right now not only here with shortage of personnel but in Iraq.
I agree with anybody that said that this war does not deserve the life of any fo our military personnel.
For those that think they are cowards, I think they are courageous into voicing the realities of a poor plan of after-invasion in Iraq.
[edit on 16-10-2004 by marg6043]
Originally posted by WeBDeviL
refuse to fight when needed, because it is too dangerous? We don't need you. Get the hell out and don't let the door hit 'ya on the way.
rsaunders
The only thing troops have to count on in combat is the support of their fellow soldiers
longbow
are PAID for doing their jobs,
I'm sure the commanders had good reason why to give them no escort.
shadow266
Although the Army serves to protect and defend democracy, it does not practice it.
rsaunders
A lot of these posts sound like the same stuff that
went on during and after any war you can name - including "the big one".
Freedom is not free
The socialist democrats are too far removed from reality to understand the
value of what we have