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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (119866)	11/18/2003 5:44:27 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

US servicemen buried in European cemeteries Lets look at just one country... There are _11_ American Cemeteries in france maintained by the US Government Honoring 66,033 Americans Killed fighting for the french Aisne-Marne Cemetery france 3,349 Americans killed Somme Cemetery france 2, 177 Americans killed Brittany Cemetery france 4,908 Americans killed Oise-Aisne Cemetery france 6,253 Americans killed Epinal Cemetery france 5,679 Americans killed Rhone Dragungnan Cemetery france 1, 155 Americans killed Lorraine Cemetery france 10,933 Americans killed Meuse-Argonne Cemetery france 15, 200 Americans killed St. Mihiel Cemetery france 4,437 Americans killed Suresnes Cemetery france 998 Americans killed Normandy Cemetery france 10, 944 Americans killed 66,033 Americans are Buried or Missing in france._Thousands_ more who died fighting for france are buried or honored in the US. Thanks france

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (119866)	11/18/2003 11:36:02 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Hawkmoon; Re: "Gee whiz Bilow.. you're right." Yes. Re: "So explain why there are so many US servicemen buried in European cemeteries?" WW2 has little to do with Vietnam. My snide comment on the non existence of reciprocal atrocities by Vietnamese troops against US civilians was in response to unclewest's comment: "And how about the atrocities they committed against American GIs. And how about the atrocities committed by the terrorists everywhere." #reply-19511416 A general principle (at least among those of us who believe in and fear God) is that "two wrongs do not make a right". Our soldiers never have permission to commit atrocities, no matter what the other side does. But in fact, Vietnam, like Iraq, was an "elective" war, one that we did not have to fight. As such, we should hold ourselves to a higher standard than high standards that we already hold ourselves to. In WW2, the Germans declared war against us and sunk our civilian ships. In Vietnam and Iraq, the enemy never did any such thing. If we are taking revenge for the WTC attack, then we should be invading Saudi Arabia, not Iraq. -- Carl