You've zeroed in on the point Gary. Nice job.
Almost every combat soldier in the history of the US has faced the
same peronal dilemma: To kill, when the nature of himself is not to
kill. The way a soldier pulls the trigger, they way he does not
hesitate, is to be secure in the justification of his cause.
The righteous justifictaion each soldier has in Iraq today is in
fighting the global war on terror. Those reasons I listed earlier
in the thread showed Saddam and his regime were international
terrorists.
He harboured Nidal, Abbass, al-qeada, funded suicide bombers and
tried to kill a US presdient. The lowest estimate accepted by the
detractors of the war say 5% of the fighting enemy there is al-
qaeda. That's a big chunck of al-qeada.
Every Democrat and Republican who are now trying to avoid Iraq all
knew of Saddam's connection to International Terrorism the day they
cast their vote to go in. Nothing changed about that.
There were no WMD's found. That's one reason we went in. Saddam
and the Iraqi regime being terrorists is not lessened by that. They
deserve destruction for their role in terrorism.
The backing away from Iraq because of the WMD issue is pure
politics. To ignore the terrorism problem is politics.
How do you think a solider in the field, with a human target dialed
in and finger on the trigger feels when he gets reports from home
about people questioning his justification? Supported or not
supported? It's not helping him steel himself to the fight; it's to
the contrary, so it is not support.
Every perons who ignores Nidal, Abbass, al-qeada in Iraq and the
payments to suicide bombers by Saddam, who plays partisan politics
with the war effort, is not supporting the troops.
I want terrorism wiped out. I don't ever want to see Americans make
the hobson's choice of buring to death or jumping 80 stories to
their death.
I support the troops. Their cause is just. Tell them I said so.
Tell them I said God be with them.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Gary Wien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Maybe it's just me, but I'd be hearing that ol' commandment "Thou
> Shall Not Kill" in my ears all of the time. That commandment
never
> says kill if the battle is correct or anything like that, it's
pretty
> specific.
>
> Funny how religion has pretty much abandoned that aspect in the
last
> 100 years or so.
>
>
> On Sep 3, 2007, at 5:15 PM, justifiedright wrote:
>
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Mario" <MarioAPNJ@> wrote:
> >
> > > Then he continued that "Deo Vindice" (God as
> > > Our Defender) was the slogan of Confederate soldiers;
and "Gott >Mit
> > Uns"
> > > (God with us) worn by German soldiers in WWII. So I'm skeptical
> > >that
> > > simply repeating "God Bless our Troops" yaer after year after
year
> > >means
> > > anything in terms of real support.
> >
> > To the troop himself I imagine it means a great deal. To go into
> > battle, to kill and risk being killed, I think I would want to
feel a
> > closeness with God. I would want to be sure in my cause being
just, to
> > be able to reconcile the killing with my religeous belief.
> >
> >
> >
>
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