American Heroes

[Rolex]

Enough of the bullshit already.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by 93DevilleUSMC

Are you going to get mad, or respond to my other points like a logical person? I wasn't looking for a fight, but if you want one, let's go. I never accused you of blaming me for anything; all I did was defend both this war and the people who fight it, and explaining a comment that I made earlier.

Thank you for the commendations, sir.

Defend when threatened, nobody threatened you. No problems here. Peace!

[93DevilleUSMC]

Originally Posted by Destroyer

Defend when threatened, nobody threatened you. No problems here. Peace!

I'm not talking about that kind of defend; I'm talking about defend as in to present one side of things so as to make it apparent why one would see things in a given way.

[dkozloski]

You can't discuss ideas with somebody who never had an original one of their own.

[illumina]

Destroyer, have you ever served before?

[dkozloski]

He's not at all frightened you understand,
But if he is called on to fight for his land,
He wants to be ready to play in the band.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by illumina

Destroyer, have you ever served before?

Lets drop it cause this has nowhere to go.

[The Tony Show]

Originally Posted by 93DevilleUSMC

Tell him that he has my respect any day.

Thank you- I will.

We're extremely proud, not only that he chooses to serve and continues to seek the most difficult training he can get, but also of what he's accomplished. When one man comes back from the front lines with so many stories of captured bomb making homes filled to the roof with explosives, weapons and training materials instructing others how to do it, it makes you aware of just how much is being accomplished over there every day.

War isn't pretty and doesn't happen overnight. Everyone expected Iraq to buckle and institute a Democracy overnight like this is some Hollywood movie, but it doesn't work that way. A lot of people have seen WWII movies like Saving Private Ryan, but apparently they've never really seen them. When compared to every other major engagement our Country has been involved in, our casualties are shockingly low.

[93DevilleUSMC]

Originally Posted by Destroyer

Lets drop it cause this has nowhere to go.

Actually, I think it's a relevant question. Have you ever served? Yes, or no?

[93DevilleUSMC]

Originally Posted by The Tony Show

Thank you- I will.

We're extremely proud, not only that he chooses to serve and continues to seek the most difficult training he can get, but also of what he's accomplished. When one man comes back from the front lines with so many stories of captured bomb making homes filled to the roof with explosives, weapons and training materials instructing others how to do it, it makes you aware of just how much is being accomplished over there every day.

War isn't pretty and doesn't happen overnight. Everyone expected Iraq to buckle and institute a Democracy overnight like this is some Hollywood movie, but it doesn't work that way. A lot of people have seen WWII movies like Saving Private Ryan, but apparently they've never really seen them. When compared to every other major engagement our Country has been involved in, our casualties are shockingly low.

Guys like your brother, not athletes, commentators, or politicians make this country able to stand up and thrive.

Our own country didn't become a working democracy just because our Army, Navy, and Marine Corps were formed in 1775, or just because we signed a piece of paper declaring independence from Britain. We had to continue fighting the British until 1783, and even then, we did not have the Constitution until 1787. This is to say nothing of how this country was invaded by a foreign power, threatened with invasion and diplomatic sabotage, and was nearly split apart in a Civil War seventy-three years later.
If our own government took so long to set up, then how can any rational person think that Iraq is just going to stabilize, and that it isn't going to take both American and Iraqi blood to do so?