So you're suggesting when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor we should have just sat back and done nothing?
I agree with you on Iraq and Afghanistan and I suspect we'd agree on Vietnam too but when you try to take the same ideal back into WWII your argument falls apart and you slip into grumbling old man territory. They're completely different sets of situations. In the first we decided we didn't like what was going on so we trumped up some reasons to go change things. In the latter we were attacked and responded. When it comes to war the only way to finish (I won't say win, I don't really think you ever win) is to be meaner and nastier and than the other guy. For us that meant the nukes. We could have carpet bombed housing complexes in Tokyo, in fact thats probably what we'd have ended up doing otherwise. -Curt Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 13:34:51 -0400 From: Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] buymbparts is dead drunk and rattling Message-ID: <CACioK3t4=og+z9fifnrggg5so0e91osu2fm2hkd1zya--cx...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 i'm not really caught up on the particular issue, but rather on this whole messianic complex that we must constantly be "liberating" people from "enslavement" by evil forces trying to "take over the world." it is stupid and mendacious and it has gotten me cynical about all war. as to the question of whether i can massacre civilians to reduce casualties between combatants, i'm inclined to say "no" but i'd really rather be addressing not fighting the war to begin with. by invading occupying places such as iraq and afghanistan, all you do, other than making certain select special interests richer, is spend a ton of money you don't have to enrage the locals against you and erode your credibility in the eyes of the world. the people who push for these programs justify them by using this nonsensical rhetoric and i'd like to cut them off right there! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com