We don't want THAT part of the world.

SV

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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Not my part... and my part is bigger than your part!

CM

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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| WRONG, the world belongs to US.
|
|
| "The_navigator©" wrote in message
| ...
| But you are on MY planet.
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| Cheers MC
|
| Scott Vernon wrote:
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| SHUT UP you foreigner! Americans are talking.
|
| Scotty
|
|
| "The_nagitattor" wrote ...
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| 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:
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|
| "Thom Stewart" wrote...
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|
| 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
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