You're totally in denial. Your survival depends far more on the military than you think it does. While I don't respect every action that the military has been ordered to take, nor every policy that they force the troops to follow, I know that without a strong military, the US would not exist as it does today. Somehow you think that nobody wants to attack the US, that you on your own could stave off the masses of foreign armies and navies that would attack us if it weren't for the massive collections of troops and weapons that we have? All I have to do to counteract that idea is to point to those countries where the people fight against each other because there is no government strong enough to keep the chaos at bay with the military. Let me see... Somalia, Bosnia, Sierra Leone just to name the ones I've been to.
The thing about diplomacy is that it doesn't exist without leverage. Guess where that leverage comes from? There are times that opinions are wrong, this is one of those times. Make sure to keep your head buried in the snow of Wisconsin should anything ever happen to our strong military - those invading bullets might just miss you. Matthew Small Corporal, USMC 1990-1996 -----Original Message----- From: Deanna Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 9:38 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: A good american I didn't say that people that died in wars weren't protecting America's "freedom." I said that _my survival_ hasn't depended on the military. Personally, I'd be much happier had America's "freedom" been protected by diplomats, thus avoiding a lot of death and destruction. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 8:31 AM Subject: A good american > So, you don't think that anyone who died defending this country from the Japanese or Germans in WWII or any war for that matter was protecting your freedom? If they hadn't been there you would be speaking German right now. I can't believe that you don't think that our military has kept us safe? Is it warm in the sand? > > >Well, I think you mean to "leech" (to be parasitic). While I hardly think > >that my survival depends on the sacrifices of the military, one of the other > >beautiful things about America is that you and I don't have to agree. > > > >-Deanna > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
