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To: Bob Duncan who wrote (845)	9/18/2001 1:15:32 PM
From: Yorikke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1063

Bob, the people on the threads who were of age during the Vietnam War is limited. The last war had no extensive body count. It creates some naive assumptions about what may lie in our futures. Everyone should ask themselves who is going to be fighting and dying when the shooting starts. A 'Patriotic Americans' just won't do if the body count rises and the bags start lining the runways of Dover. Why? Because most of those 'Americans' are going to be minorities. Most noncoms, and regular soldiers are minorities who have sought out the military because it offered a way out of the lives they were facing in the civilian world. They joined the military because it offered them access to education and a decent life they could not find in the civilian world. Who died in the world trade center bombings? Minorities are represented, but we will likely find that it was white Americans who worked for the elite companies that were in the Trade Towers. And elite companies with limited minority representation form the basis of the symbol that was targeted. I am not trying to be divisive, but I am trying to point out that a war with heavy casualties will likely have some serious impacts at home. We can not expect certain minorities to bear the brunt of battle and not demand a clearer definition of their 'equality'. It happened in the Vietnam conflict and it will happen here if people of color make up the vast majority of the dead coming home. The majority of Americans, as has historically been the case, have spurned the military and have opted to send their sons and daughters in other directions. Perhaps its time to re-examine the concept of a volunteer military and return to one which demands service from every American; one that would afford all Americans the opportunity to serve and sacrifice for their country.

To: Bob Duncan who wrote (845)	9/18/2001 9:30:44 PM
From: John Pitera	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1063

Bob, a very worthy post, it's so true that most, doctors, lawyers and Phd's are not really versed in the nuances all of the geopolitical developments that go on in the world. Israeli, the creation of it and the Middle east are not well studied by most. The truth is that there is really too much information, for us to assimilate. And the Cliff notes shortcuts that The Major media provide, come with a tremendous simplification and a definite political agenda. No truer statement has been spoken than "History is written by the victors" . That is the truth and also a variation of this Maxim applies that a messy and uneven history is distilled down into simplistic bullet point outlines of reality. John