Re: Love the Troops, hate the Wars.

2008-11-30 Thread Robert Munn
The world is too small for us to ignore events abroad any longer. The events of the past week should have made that very clear. On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Gruss wrote: > > RoMunn wrote: > > self-determination has been enforced at the point of a gun. Wrong or > right? > > Each person has to

Re: Love the Troops, hate the Wars.

2008-11-30 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > self-determination has been enforced at the point of a gun. Wrong or right? > Each person has to make that decision for themselves. > And our country has to decided if foreign peoples are a higher priority than US people whether that's right or wrong. Everybody understands your

Re: Love the Troops, hate the Wars.

2008-11-29 Thread Robert Munn
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Michael wrote: > I'll try to keep my diatribe to minimum. > > I am firmly against imperialism. I am firmly against "helping" countries > that don't ask for it. We have debated this subject quite a bit on the list, enough so that everyone who reads the list knows

RE: Love the Troops, hate the Wars.

2008-11-28 Thread Loathe
I have worked with forces from all of those countries in my time in the military. We did an airborne exchange with one of the parachute regiments when I was in the 82nd. Excellent troops I have heard the same said from those that fought next to them in Iraq. I worked closely with the kiwis (NZ