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Pastimes : Kosovo
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To: JBL who wrote (10222)5/28/1999 11:04:00 AM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (3) of 17770
 
Great... so we know what they're teaching semantics up at Boston U.

It doesn't take a academic education for people to realize that war is the most ugly undertaking that mankind can perpetrate.

People die. Some of those people die as a result of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, while other die as a result of deliberate murder personally delivered by rifle and bayonet.

One's humanity should be offended by thinking that just because we put a young man or woman in a military uniform that their lives become any less valuable than the civilians living in the nation they serve.

I don't know of ONE military person I have ever met who love the destruction and death caused by war. They realize that it is THEY, not the civilians, who suffer inordinately from the misplace policies of their politicians. They are hunted and deliberately targeted while civilians just unfortunately get in the way.

Such is the nature of war. Such is the nature of criminal enforcement in our own daily lives. Suspects and police officers die as a result of their lifestyles.

These are the days that we long for a omniprescent and fair referee to help sort out our inane human conflicts. But lacking one, we have to do the best we can using the tools that seem effective.

Diplomacy has obviously not worked in Yugoslavia. We've only been at it for 8+ years there and the situation has only gotten worse.

Regards,

Ron
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