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but that doesn't excuse you from posting patronizing crap like that.
Bush's vanity is similar to yours clucking away over the deaths of what you see as the deluded.
Like I said before, don't belittle the military. We have nothing to be ashamed of. Its the citizenry of this country who let Bush commit their troops to this war.
"I would like to see less people go to church on Sunday and more people volunteering among the poor and hopeless"
by comeinpbrstreetgang on Sat Mar 29, 2008 at 09:48:26 AM PDT
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they died for their brothers in arms.
I say they were put in harm's way by vain preening imperialists and that their sacrifice will not advance the interests or honor of the United States.
We do have something to be ashamed of- electing war criminals and torturing liars to positions of leadership when we should have known better.
Every American should be ashamed.
by ek hornbeck on Sat Mar 29, 2008 at 10:02:10 AM PDT
learn that finally. This is the lead-in to tyranny our nation's founding fathers warned us about. Its about time we owe up to the fact that BushCo is sending our troops to battle in vain, or at his own personal whims. Tyranny wins in a complacent democracy because tyranny doesn't play by the rules others adhere to.
"Its a grave digger's song, Praising God and State. So the Nation can live, So we all can remain as cattle. They demand a sacrifice..." -Flipper
by Skid on Sat Mar 29, 2008 at 10:31:37 AM PDT
.......so soon after the downfall of the criminal Nixon administration will be a dilemma over which the historians in the future will ponder. It also defies logic that this regime was voted back into power nearly two years after the start of the BHush/Cheney illegal Iraq war.
Much of the blame lies with the political naivite and ignorance of the American voter. Let's hope that the same type of thing doesn't happen in the coming general election
by calibpatriot on Sat Mar 29, 2008 at 01:10:15 PM PDT
didn't/doesn't help matters any either. As a populus, we became comfortable and distracted, while little things were done under our noses or wrapped in patriotic bows. After a while, it all adds up.
by Skid on Sat Mar 29, 2008 at 02:01:48 PM PDT
with one another.
by comeinpbrstreetgang on Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 03:52:56 AM PDT
We know the difference between the military and the fools that keep sending them to fight in someone's else's civil war. Unfortunately, some people have to continue to hide their ego driven mistakes behind our brave soldiers who deserve much better. They certainly don't deserve to be led by buffoons like GWB & Company.
by trinite on Sat Mar 29, 2008 at 10:09:03 AM PDT
by trinite on Sat Mar 29, 2008 at 10:15:22 AM PDT
But lesson learned:
There is not victory the military can give us, that this administration can't turn into utter defeat.
by daulton on Sat Mar 29, 2008 at 10:31:23 AM PDT
original post could be seen as belittling the military.
But this npost clears it up between us;
I say they were put in harm's way by vain preening imperialists and that their sacrifice will not advance the interests or honor of the United States. We do have something to be ashamed of- electing war criminals and torturing liars to positions of leadership when we should have known better.
by comeinpbrstreetgang on Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 03:56:18 AM PDT
toward's the military in the original poster's words. There was nothing directed at the military in the words posted other than the fact that 4,000 are dead. You are really reaching here. The original poster was saying, I believe, that we have 4,000 dead soldiers because of the vanity of Bush & Friends.
by Katiebegood on Sat Mar 29, 2008 at 10:17:00 AM PDT
but you are incorrect.
This by hornbeck;
I'm sorry, they died for vanity.
Could definitely be seen as patronizing and belittling.
This by hornbeck clears his intent up nicely;
by comeinpbrstreetgang on Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 04:00:17 AM PDT
I do so on the basis of my friendship with a Capitan in the Army who served at Tal Afar
and a Marine Capitan who served in Anbar province.
Both are pissed as hell the the generals failed the junior officers and the troops on the professional technical side of war-fighting.
We needed more courage from the generals after the media and the Repugs beat us civilians in the street and the court of public opinion
us civilians failed on defending the Republic from fools and imperialists
but the generals could have lead a come back of common sense by standing up a little taller under fire--political fire that is
the troops supported each other
the generals protected their own careers (in large part)
Tax Paradigms, Feed Imaginations
by jhpdb on Sat Mar 29, 2008 at 10:33:58 AM PDT
There is physical courage and moral courage.
Physical courage is the easy part yet it gets the most admiration. In the military I saw physical courage every day, it was an incredibly rare act that could qualify as moral courage.
The careerists were the worst.
by comeinpbrstreetgang on Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 04:02:40 AM PDT
wide narrow
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