Is it Vietnam yet?

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by Agathon


What's wrong with wanting to see the evil suffer in order to prevent further greater evil?

You sound like a religious fundy. I'm sure there have been many people say those exact lines. No use in worring about the inocent that will die as long as Agathon can feel smug in the morning

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Agathon


You, a centrist?

Like I said, unless you're a friggin' commie, Mr "Left of Lenin"

[The Mad Monk]

Originally posted by Agathon


Get English, you pillock!

Get stuffed, jerk.

Sprayber was over there.

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk


Get stuffed, jerk.

Sprayber was over there.

Actually me and my unit are still in the purgatory that is Fort Sill still waiting to go over there. It's gonna be a long couple of years for us.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Sill?

You have my deepest sympathies.

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
Sill?

You have my deepest sympathies.

I had basic training here and swore I'd never be back. Of course Uncle Sam made no such promise.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Sprayber

Actually me and my unit are still in the purgatory that is Fort Sill still waiting to go over there. It's gonna be a long couple of years for us.

Quit if you can. Don't get involved in this stupidity. Your government is a dishonest bunch of fundamentalist lunatics who couldn't give a damn about their own soldiers when it comes to the crunch and would gladly sacrifice them to its ill-conceived ends.

And FTR Blair is not much better - actually he's worse in some respects.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk

Get stuffed, jerk.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but George Bush is an idiot.

And so are those who defend him.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Agathon


Quit if you can. Don't get involved in this stupidity. Your government is a dishonest bunch of fundamentalist lunatics who couldn't give a damn about their own soldiers when it comes to the crunch and would gladly sacrifice them to its ill-conceived ends.

And FTR Blair is not much better - actually he's worse in some respects.

Fortunately, the post-Vietnam effect is still that the US Government has no choice but to consider the fate of significant numbers of soldiers - casualties are always a consideration, because the survival of the government politically depends on public perception.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Agathon
Quit if you can. Don't get involved in this stupidity. Your government is a dishonest bunch of fundamentalist lunatics who couldn't give a damn about their own soldiers when it comes to the crunch and would gladly sacrifice them to its ill-conceived ends.

And FTR Blair is not much better - actually he's worse in some respects.

I agree with Agathon. A dishonorable discharge isn't as bad as they make it out to be. You may not return the same, or you may not return.

[JCG]

A rather different but still extremely difficult situation...no need to use such labels, though it is still too soon to know for sure.

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by Kidicious


I agree with Agathon. A dishonorable discharge isn't as bad as they make it out to be. You may not return the same, or you may not return.

It's ok. I don't expect you to understand things such as doing your duty and fullfilling your word. I won't hold it against you too much.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Sprayber
It's ok. I don't expect you to understand things such as doing your duty and fullfilling your word. I won't hold it against you too much.

You don't owe them that.

[SlowwHand]

A dishonorable discharge, and you've screwed the pooch.
I don't know who's been blowing rainbows up your ass about that little fact.

[Sprayber]

When you sign your name to a contract and take an oath, you don't just run whenever it suits you or if it gets a little tough. At least that was the way I was raised. Perhaps that way of thinking isn't cool these days but I'm comfortable with it.