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Offline thundley4

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The Anti-War Veterans Day rant.
« on: November 11, 2009, 08:08:41 PM »
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SoCalDem   (1000+ posts)             Wed Nov-11-09 07:19 PM
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I'm torn. Honoring war dead is one thing, but   
   

 
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when it becomes so ritualistic, so full of congratulatory pageantry, it may be a psychological "nudge" to keep on doing it.

All the choirs, the flags & parades, to "honor" the ones who "gave their lives" or who are the "fallen".

They did not GIVE their lives, and they did not "oops-fall", they were SENT to war by a GOVERNMENT that for some reason, could not negotiate, and chose to fight...with other-people's-children, of course.

Wars, looked at long-term, are an oddity. We are trading with those countries, are allies with them, even friends now. Did the spilled blood of war do that? or did each side finally have so much loss and fatigue, that they each said "uncle" and decided to talk?

We fought the British, and we are best pals
We fought the Philippines and now we are friends
We fought Germany TWICE, and now we are "bestest-buds"
We fought part of Spain and we vacation there now
We fought Japan, and we are their "parent-turned-buddy"
We fought Viet Nam, and now they are valued trading partners (and makers of cheap shit we love to buy)
The exception is North Korea, but we have shunned them,but South Korea is very prosperous, and more powerful than ever in their history
We even fought part of ourselves, and now eagerly accept presidents from their "parts" (although sometimes the war still seethes, just below the surface)

For the family and friends of a deceased soldier, there has to be something to make the pain less; a reason to accept the unacceptable, and that may be the pageantry, the idolization of the "fallen warrior". They have to be made to believe that their son/ daughter/ mother/ father/ uncle/ brother/ sister/ cousin/ aunt/ friend died for something. To believe otherwise means they died for no good reason.. that their lives were thrown away.

But during and after those parades, there are more "fallen" being added to the list for next year, more headstones being carved, and the leaders who place the wreaths, all go out to dinner with friends, and resume their normal lives...few if any of "their own" are in harm's way...and then we wait for next year's pageantry.
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Re: The Anti-War Veterans Day rant.
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2009, 08:24:03 PM »
FOAD SoCalDim...the reason you're able to act like such a flaming jackass with internet courage is because of the people celebrated today.
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Re: The Anti-War Veterans Day rant.
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2009, 08:34:00 PM »
It just never ends with these clowns.

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They did not GIVE their lives, and they did not "oops-fall", they were SENT to war by a GOVERNMENT that for some reason, could not negotiate, and chose to fight...with other-people's-children, of course.

Well, I guess they could've been big pussies and gone too...Canada? Hell, all they have to do is wait for the next Democrat President to come in and give them amnesty after the cease fire.
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Re: The Anti-War Veterans Day rant.
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2009, 08:54:34 AM »
Quote from: Odin's Hand on November 11, 2009, 08:34:00 PM
It just never ends with these clowns.

Well, I guess they could've been big pussies and gone too...Canada? Hell, all they have to do is wait for the next Democrat President to come in and give them amnesty after the cease fire.

What were the Allies supposed to "negotiate" with Hitler and Mussolini? We were in the very act of "negotiating" with the Japanese when they started bombing Pearl Harbor.
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Re: The Anti-War Veterans Day rant.
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2009, 09:28:59 AM »
Quote from: Duchess on November 12, 2009, 08:54:34 AM
What were the Allies supposed to "negotiate" with Hitler and Mussolini? We were in the very act of "negotiating" with the Japanese when they started bombing Pearl Harbor.

They'll lick the boot of the world's dictators hoping their miserable lives will be spared, because, they lack they testicular fortitude and moral compass to oppose them.
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Re: The Anti-War Veterans Day rant.
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2009, 10:05:19 AM »
One of the best things a country can do for it's future is lose a war to the USA.
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Re: The Anti-War Veterans Day rant.
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2009, 10:42:00 AM »
Quote from: Odin's Hand on November 12, 2009, 09:28:59 AM
They lick the boot of the world's dictators hoping their miserable lives will be spared.....

That's the primitives to a tee.

Unfortunately for the primitives, if such were ever to happen, they won't be spared.
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Re: The Anti-War Veterans Day rant.
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2009, 10:52:11 AM »
Quote from: franksolich on November 12, 2009, 10:42:00 AM
That's the primitives to a tee.

Unfortunately for the primitives, if such were ever to happen, they won't be spared.

Mainly 'cause they won't make it to the "boot licking ceremony" if I have anything to do with it. Frikkin' treasonous cowards!
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