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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (246475)	8/18/2005 3:04:52 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1571040

No sweat Ten, not your family... 4 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq roadside blast Al-Jaafari meets with Sunni leaders as talks on constitution continue...

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (246475)	8/18/2005 3:08:12 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1571040

No sweat Ten, it just goes on the federal credit card... costofwar.com

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (246475)	8/18/2005 3:09:15 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571040

Message 21611152

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (246475)	8/18/2005 3:22:02 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571040

re: I didn't force people who never wanted to become soldiers to enlist. Many of the troops in Iraq are National Guard and Reserves, not regular army. They didn't know they were signing up for 2-3 tours of duty in Iraq. You think that people in the armed services should be given the option of going to Iraq, or not? Like the rest of us? You think there shouldn't have been a draft during WWII? So YOU sit back in your "comfy chair" and support this stinking war. Just remember these real people are dying in your name, not mine. John

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (246475)	8/18/2005 3:27:33 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571040

re: But most importantly, I never contributed to the demoralization of our troops by exaggerating every little setback while ignoring the victories. Every "little setback", like 1800+ killed and 10,000+ maimed? Those are little setbacks to you? It's been one big setback since day seven. Another year of this and it will have lasted longer than WWII or the Korean War. I want the troops home, now. If that "demoralizes" some of them, so be it. At least they will all be alive and in one piece, like you and all the other chickenhawks. John

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (246475)	8/18/2005 3:29:43 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571040

re: sanctimony Coming from you, that is really funny. A bit of projection maybe?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (246475)	8/18/2005 4:53:54 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571040

Thanks JF. Now I'll tell you what I "didn't do." I didn't force people who never wanted to become soldiers to enlist. I hear this all the time. What is the point you are making here? That it's ok to send a volunteer army to a war of questionable ethics? I never supported deficit spending, nor do I support the whole "have your cake and eat it too" mentality. You write posts in support of bush, so I will venture that you voted for him. Do you want to rethink your statement? But most importantly, I never contributed to the demoralization of our troops by exaggerating every little setback while ignoring the victories. Bush voters contributed to the death of 1850 soldiers and counting, 15,000 wounded, 150,000 scarred for life, and thousands of dead civilians. Real easy for you to sit back in your comfy chair and say that terrorism is something that we shouldn't overreact to. I have heard him say that terrorism is something we should combat with methods other than the ones being used by bush...that's not the same thing. Or that we should have a draft so that you can force others to see things the way you do. It should be much harder to start wars when everyone is a potential and direct stake holder. It's hard to stop wars once they are started. Al

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (246475)	8/18/2005 5:06:49 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571040

I have to tell you something that happened recently. We were on break in one of our classes and a group of us were outside talking. One of the women in the group is Asian American. I didn't know from what part of Asia is her family.......but I would have guessed Chinese.......she's much taller than the average Korean....around 5'11" and her features are different from most Koreans that I've seen. In any case, she was talking about traveling in China. So I asked her if she found the Mandarin dialect jarring.......because I do. It kind of grates on my nerves. Well, she sort of flinched......and then some others in the group piped up.....but Ina is Korean. I said so what.....not realizing that they thought I thought she was Chinese American. It was only later that I figured it out. Even if I had thought she was Korean, it was still not big deal IMO. I guess you would call it the strong need for liberals to be PC. I found it kind of endearing that they wanted to protect Ina.....who btw does not need to be protected......she works out and she's very bright with a strong tongue. <g> ted