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To: bentway who wrote (163248)	5/27/2005 3:05:24 PM
From: marcos	Respond to of 281500

Viet Nam was like that a lot, they say, you couldn't be sure of who wouldn't shoot you in the back as soon as they had a chance, so the safest course was to shoot anything that moved, and burn anything that obstructed your vision of anything that might move ... there was rarely a shortage of ammunition, and never of zippo lighters When you get all dressed up in your uniform and helmet and cross the sea to occupy another people's country, you will tend to stick out like a sore thumb ... simple fact of life, 'you won't look like them, you won't sound like them, you won't smell like them, you won't eat the same food, you won't be able to think like they do' - [paraphrase of bits of Bilow Carl's most excellent posts on this topic] Somebody should ask Nadine how the zionists get off using the name 'Israel', when it was in ancient times the name of the whole hebrew nation, all twelve tribes, before the lost ten got 'lost' ... looks like another case of highly effective propaganda triumphing over sound reason, just like zionists committing their actions in the name of all members of the two 'unlost' tribes ... but not me, today, got work up the ying yang, an unwelcome thing on a beautiful spring friday ... cheers