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Originally Posted by Halx
That's great Ustwo. Let's also not forget that they went through a gruelling training course that conditioned their mind for exactly the task they were assigned for. If I was trained for a mission, I'd be pretty disappointed if I was never deployed.
Now on the other side of the matter, there are those of us who are fortunate enough to have not had to fall back on a career in the military as our favorable choice. We are able to stand back and see the entire picture - not from the mouth of a few of our close friends - but from the collective response of an entire continent. While your military friends are being welcomed by the smiling faces of the Kurds, I get to read how every country in europe grows more and more impatient with our incompetent president.
Oh I could go on... I'm at work though.
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that is a load of crap halx. i don't usually just come out and say that... but you sure got my blood boiling. "fortunate enough to have not had to fall back on a career in the military as our favorable choice"? who do you think you are? you think you're better than these soldiers? more well off, huh? it may surprise you that many people smarter than you or i CHOOSE to do this.
smiling faces of kurds huh? sure, while 12 years olds are being sent with bombs in your direction. while the kid you've never seen is celebrating his first birthday while you're sleeping in a tent on the other side of the world. while your wife is lonely and worried sick she'll get a telegram each day. while your best girl gets tired of waiting and sends you a dear john letter that you read inbetween the incoming mortar rounds. you think you're more in tune with the situation than the soldiers whose lives are on the line?
let's all shed a tear for halx and the papers he has to read.
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~ Winston Churchill
Last edited by irateplatypus; 09-07-2004 at 09:28 PM..
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