But you are on MY planet.

Cheers MC

Scott Vernon wrote:

SHUT UP you foreigner! Americans are talking.

Scotty


"The_nagitattor" wrote ...

Some have very clear goals. It is usually their means of achieving it
that they cannot agree on. While many would like to kill all Americans
as vermin, other wish to scare you to an honest, open negotiation table.
That you lump them together reveals your lack of diplomatic smarts. The
US's second major problem is that you gain no respect on their eyes as
you, yourself, carry out acts of terrorism and support terrorist
countries/regimes -when it suits you.

Cheers MC

DSK wrote:


"Thom Stewart" wrote...


Thanks Joe,

Doug , I return your Salute! You younger Vets deserve your share of

real

credit,

In my war, we knew who the enemy was and where to find him. It was the
Leaders of the Military's job to defeat him, It was a hard, costly war
but it had a direction and a goal. TOTAL VICTORY!!

That, I believe was the last war fought that way.


I dunno about that, Thom. War is always a military means to a political

solution for an economic problem. It's a loose

term for any large group of people attempting to impose their collective

will on another group by force. An old fashioned

word for terrorism might be sabotage, and every country has tried it's

hand at sending saboteurs into 'enemy' territory.

The enemy we are currenty fighting (outside of those enemies of the

Constitution that we have, Lord help us, elected over

ourselves) uses terrorism or sabotage because that is the only way they

have to fight. They are so poor & so desparate

that they have no other means. Therefor they have no big, obvious,

economically valuable targets for our military to go

after.

We have two huge strategic problems, and no leader of any industrialized

country has AFAIK addressed either.

1- the terrorists are irrational and cannot agree on their own goals, so

there is no hope of making 'peace' with them on

any terms

2- the terrorists make very handy agents for behind-the-scenes economic

groups who profit by the destruction of

competitors assets

I wish I had some answers myself, contemplating the whole situation

makes me very sad.



I do salute the Military of today. They have it tougher than we did.


In some ways, it's not so bad. Cell phones & email make it easy for

today's servicemen to keep in daily contact with

their families. Equipment is much better & more reliable. Living

conditions are also a lot better, although it seems to

me (and I thought about this a lot back in my day) that the US always

chooses to fight in most horrible climates &

terrains we can find.




Thanks Joe and everyone who serviced and services. To all OUR VETS----

GOD BLESS AMERICA; And "I'LL DRINK TO THAT!!"


I'll drink to that, too, Thom!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King