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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: coug who wrote (64868)12/3/1999 6:51:00 PM
From: jbe  Read Replies (3) of 108807
 
Coug, just for the record, I want you to know that I answered JLA's question in the negative.

I would go even further. What I find especially immoral in the conduct of modern war is the willingness -- even eagerness -- to sacrifice the lives of civilians in order to protect the lives of "our fighting men and women."

Well, if the latter are draftees, I can understand it. But if they choose the life of the military voluntarily, they had to know there was a trade-off. Their side of the bargain is that they must, if necessary, risk their lives. Otherwise, they are just "technicians of death."

If it's worth fighting for, it's worth laying down your life for. Sure, the NATO forces escaped without casualties -- hence the Yugoslav civilians did NOT. I find that a downright cowardly way to wage war.

And let's not even talk about the civilians of Iraq!!!

Joan

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