> tBone wrote: > Lowest casualty rates (based on percentages) of any conflict ever. >
You know what would make them ever lower? No idiot wars. I get that you like war, and war-like stuff, and that you feel like if a soldier gets killed somewhere we gotta kill a bunch more soldiers before it's "worth it". But the fact of the matter is that a soldier has done his duty when he follows orders. If he dies, then he has made the ultimate sacrifice. But it's following the order that makes his death "worth it". Unfortunately there are bad military leaders all through the ranks all the way up to CinC and they will ALWAYS give bad orders; to take a hill that's strategically pointless; to capture a town because he wants a promotion; to fabricate a war because he wants his Dad to love him. Therefore, in my opinion, it is unpatriotic to continue the war in Iraq. I guess I just can't think of something more treasonous that lying to start a war (read Suskind's new book), and then manipulating Americans with "patriotism" to continue it. And what's odd to me is that some military folk aren't outraged by it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276536 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
