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To: tejek who wrote (211509)	11/11/2004 6:35:54 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1577893

Well, we'll have to disagree. If you are a child and you pick up a gun and start to murder people, even if it's because someone sold you a bill of goods about something worth dying for, then you simply lose my sympathy. They make themselves a target the moment they pick up a gun. I grieve for the innocent Iraqis that are trying to rebuild the country and are getting slaughtered. I grieve for the hostages who were in Iraq to help rebuild and help the Iraqi people and then lost their heads for their trouble. I grieve for our troops who are stuck with half-ass leaders, with poor execution plans, even though the vision is noble. Tejek, if you want to be politically correct, I can understand that given all the pressures in today's world to be that way. But political correctness also involves being unbiased. So why don't you balance your statements with grief for both sides of this equation, the poor young terrorists and the innocent Iraqis and aid workers who get caught in the middle. At least that would make you more credible. But open bias in favor of terrorists is silly at best, sick at worst.

To: tejek who wrote (211509)	11/11/2004 7:07:01 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577893

Ted, Unfortunately, its not men like Zarqawi who are getting killed. Its guys not much older than kids who are dying. They got sucked in and think they are fighting for a cause. And now they lie dying on the streets of Fallujah. They were someone's brother, boyfriend, son.......am I supposed to be happy because they are dead? This is the very sad reality of war. Yeah, don't you wish that only the leaders got killed, instead of all the poor youngsters who got suckered into fighting Hitler's war? Or Osama's war? Or even Zarqawi's war? It's not like the youngsters have much of a choice, either, since these societies don't allow much room for "independent" thought. Have you seen "Cold Mountain" yet? Tenchusatsu