[quote]lixy wrote:
I’m not disappointed by anything. Rather, I’m appalled at the fact that people not only support Bush’s imperialistic adventure, but actually try to rationalize it. The notion that some people believe Bush when he talks about “spreading freedom” and “bringing democracy” makes me wanna puke. We all know what it’s about. Yet, they pretend that the major reason for your interventions in the mid-East’s got nothing to do with money.[/quote]
Lixy, this is a volunteer military. Bush may well have wanted this war solely for money. But I did not go to make Bush rich. We did go to liberate Iraq. Whether or not Bush profits is irrelevant to me. I don’t like Bush and didn’t vote for him. To me the only good the man has done IS not backing down on Iraq. But don’t tell me that America went for oil and money. The reasons for men going to Iraq are as varied as the numbers that signed up. I didn’t have to go. My buddy who died over there didn’t have to go. But neither of us are a rarity. He, I, and thousands more of us went to liberate Iraq. You cannot bash Iraq as imperialistic adventurism without bashing us. [quote]
I know that you feel betrayed by your government and there’s little you can do to change that. We’ve all seen the sweeping victory of the Democrats in the chambers. But we’ve also seen what little difference it makes it makes on foreign policy. They may have passed some laws about education and taxes, but at the end of the day, your troops are still in Iraq and are going to be forever. [/quote]
laugh It IS their laws about education, health care and taxes that make me feel betrayed by my gov’t. I can’t walk to the grocery store without hearing the jingle of my chains. Part of the reason I helped Iraq is so that way when America needs a hand to liberate us from our eventual Saddam, perhaps they’ll be there to send some AK rounds downrange alongside me.
To the Democrats I have but one thing to say:
O it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, go away”;
But it’s ``Thank you, Mister Atkins,‘’ when the band begins to play,
For it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Chuck him out, the brute!”
But it’s “Saviour of 'is country,” when the guns begin to shoot;
An’ it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ anything you please;
But Tommy ain’t a bloomin’ fool - you bet that Tommy sees!
I’d recommend reading Kipling’s entire poem.
http://www.web-books.com/classics/poetry/anthology/Kipling/Tommy.htm
mike
