When you occupy another country be force and take over its economic and political institutions it is called imperialist aggression not defense. Defense is when you defend your country, within the boundaries of your counrty against an invading force.
The terrorists are in the white house and at your thanks giving celebration On Nov 27, 9:44 pm, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Giving Thanks to the Troops > Max Boot - 11.26.2008 - 1:06 PM > Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate with family-and a time to remember those > who won’t have that privilege. I am thinking primarily of the 279,825 > American service personnel who were, according to official Department of > Defense statistics, deployed abroad as of June 30, 2008. Some of them are > able to have their families with them — for instance those stationed in > Germany. But most are on “unaccompanied” tours, whether in combat zones such > as Iraq and Afghanistan, or even in peaceful countries such as South Korea > and Japan. (And even many of the troops nominally stationed in Germany are > actually in war zones elsewhere.) > I met a few such soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen while traveling > around the Philippines during the past week — part of the roughly 600 > personnel deployed as part of Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines to help > the armed forces of the Philippines fight jihadist terrorists. > As always when spending time with the troops, I was impressed by their > professionalism, good humor, and sky-high morale. In places like Iraq and > Afghanistan it is a trial to maintain such a positive outlook amid the > stress of combat, with its attendant casualties. In the Philippines, the > stress comes from the lack of combat and the boredom that can result. In my > experience, American troops handle both sorts of challenges better than just > about any other armed force that I can think of. > So as you sit down to supper tomorrow hoist a turkey leg in honor of our > gallant and selfless defenders who are enjoying their dinner in a chow hall > rather than at home, surrounded probably by close friends but no doubt > missing spouses, children, and other family > members.http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/boot/44671 > > horn_small_white.jpg > 61KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
