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Post by SanAntonioMike on Jan 26, 2004 9:01:08 GMT -5
SAM - I watched the movie "Band Of Brothers" about a month ago. The movie is a true story. I think about one of the Soldier's words everyday. He stated that he tells his wife every night, "I'm glad I'm not in Bastone." I will never forget this movie. That's one I haven't had a chance to see, but, well, yes. I can't help but feel a little cynical when I see today's soldiers families (and don't think I don't support our troops and wish well for their families, mind you! ) crying about how their loved one has been away for "two whole months." My Daddy served in the South Pacific for three years, and before that a year in Hawaii with only a brief visit home. My brother was in Vietnam for two years before he was killed. A couple of months seems like, well, a luxury. I realize the troops are in a bad position, and guerilla fighting when "the war is over" has to be worse than just about anything, but, well, come ON. How weak is this generation?
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Post by Mr._Shooter on Jan 26, 2004 13:48:19 GMT -5
Word. Wordy McWord Word. Pretty much to everything everyone's said. I hope Roughneck's right. I think I might, just MIGHT, be able to make it until November. Someone or anyone, doesn't matter. A friend of mine is often saying she'll vote for a log if it wins the Democratic nomination. Wildrider, if the "log" wins in New Hampshire, will it "roll" to victory on election day? ;D Sorry 'bout that. Just a little election humor. No worries - I'm not about to quit my day job. ;D
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Post by Roughneck on Jan 26, 2004 19:43:45 GMT -5
That's one I haven't had a chance to see, but, well, yes. I can't help but feel a little cynical when I see today's soldiers families (and don't think I don't support our troops and wish well for their families, mind you! ) crying about how their loved one has been away for "two whole months." My Daddy served in the South Pacific for three years, and before that a year in Hawaii with only a brief visit home. My brother was in Vietnam for two years before he was killed. A couple of months seems like, well, a luxury. I realize the troops are in a bad position, and guerilla fighting when "the war is over" has to be worse than just about anything, but, well, come ON. How weak is this generation? I think it's a little more complicated than that SAM. The complaining I'm mostly hearing isn't so much "my Daddy/Husband is away, boo hoo," as it is the Reservists can't keep the payments up. Their military pay doesn't nearly cover what their civilian jobs did. I've read of several mortgages falling through, businesses closing, reposessions, and bankruptcies by this. I also don't think they'd have as much of a problem with it if they agreed with the war. Afghanistan had widespread support, and it was clear why we were there, so folks were more willing to swallow it. Polls showed that we could have had a real bloodletting there, and it would have been politically acceptable, up to 10,000 I was seeing. Iraq, it's much less clear why we're there, and many think we're there for all the wrong reasons, so their threshold for sacrafice is much lower.
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Post by SanAntonioMike on Jan 28, 2004 11:16:20 GMT -5
Good points, there, Roughneck. I don't think I could stand it if a member of my family had been packed off to Iraq, but I would have been right there still waving the flag if it'd stayed Afghanistan. I was all for that conflict, and it consistently ticks me off to be called everything from merely a "pacifist" to a "traitor" because I don't support the Iraq thing. I swear to you, when Duhbya came through here, instead of thinking, "It would be nice to see the president," and going to one of the events, I figured I'd better stay far away lest I do something which would get me a number of years in Levenworth.
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