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To: RetiredNow who wrote (252067)	6/5/2010 10:01:54 AM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

I'll tell you right now, that I'd give up all my honor and all my pride and everything I possess, if I thought it would save the life of a son of mine in war. But what if those methods more or less insure sufficient hatred of the USA that your son's sons and their son's ... keep dying in small numbers for generations. I think the use of drones is being done very poorly, because in the countries like the middle east that have all this BS about killing with honor, the idea of civilians (CIA) remotely raining death on them from within nice offices safely inside the USA is likely going to breed everlasting hatred. And the problem is that while drones currently are very successful, technology changes in spurts. Its useful to keep in mind that the technology in $100 consumer toys is not far off from what is need to make remotely piloted drones which could fly 1000's of miles and randomly kill civilians in other countries. Model airplane buffs have flown their planes across the Atlantic. That is scary to me. What goes around comes around.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (252067)	6/5/2010 12:26:03 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

We'd better get used to the idea that these Islamo-fascist dead enders are like bugs that will need to be exterminated periodically. There is no negotiating with Bin Ladin or Zwahiri. And your honor or pride will have no place in getting the job done, if you want to minimize the loss of American life. === Maybe we should encourage a final solution eh? Are the smaller bugs easier to kill? Get 'em before they grow to be big bugs? You're one sick brainwashed bastard. But you're not alone. The majority of todays enlightened Germans, I mean Americans, agree with you.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (252067)	6/5/2010 1:38:54 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

"However, if we have to fight a war, then it should be all out with only one single-minded goal and that's to win and do everything it takes to get that done. Pride, honor, and all that other bullshit has no place in war." Why not just nuke the countries that trouble us then? I'm sure we could make a deal with Russia and China, giving them a pass to nuke their troublesome countries. All our soldiers are volunteers. With the proper propoganda, I'm sure we can generate enough gung-ho warfighters to match the Islamists.