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Paq · 06-25-2006, 01:39 AM

I havent posted here in quite a while, but i just wanted to pop in and ask a few things/unload a few things...

So, here goes:

i'm at dinner with my gf, her li'l sis and her li'l sis's new boyfriend. We're having a casual dinner at a cheap mexican place and all is well...

until it comes up that he was in the army during the first part of the new iraq war. So, my gf asked for his perspective on why we were over there and he just stated, with utmost clarity and certainty, "Weapons of mass destruction...the liberal media won't show you everything we've uncovered, but i've personally seen x amount of weapons discovered and they were extremely close to being nuclear capable and would have had hte reach to hit western europe" and he went on about how the war could be over if they shut off the cameras and how we could wipe out the N. Korean threat within 3 months...

So, i just nodded and tried to mention the lack fo evidence, etc, but was shot down with the "liberal media doesn't tell teh truth" which i can believe, but logically..if there were stockpiles uncovered, wouldn't bush have had 50,000 conferences about it; wouldn't a soldier have taken a pic and sold it to fox news; woudlnt' there have been SOME leak of a story that would get to the general public. He basicaly ended his speech with "all i know is that 83 of my friends are dead and they died for the right cause" which is impossible to argue against and makes you sound like an ass if you try...

And the whole encounter made me realize that the divide between the right and center and left in the country is just..extremely huge and seemingly insurmountable. Neither side of the argument will even consider the other side's and both sides end up more convinced that they are right....

Anyway, sorry for rambling, but i am curious, what is the prevailing argument for the war again? I honestly thought bush and co had retracted the WMD argument and was on the "Sadaam was a bad man" defense....

BTW, this is the only one of a few soldiers i have spoken to who agreed 100000% with the war. most others have the "we're over there now, so we should finish it' outlook. This one also said, "my son will serve in the military and i can only pray he will go to war"...

Thanks for letting me vent, any thoughts? anyone else have any encounters with soldiers that mimic this or are to the contrary?

Thanks again

06-25-2006, 01:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
Paq Junkie Location: South Carolina	An interesting experience with a soldier I havent posted here in quite a while, but i just wanted to pop in and ask a few things/unload a few things... So, here goes: i'm at dinner with my gf, her li'l sis and her li'l sis's new boyfriend. We're having a casual dinner at a cheap mexican place and all is well... until it comes up that he was in the army during the first part of the new iraq war. So, my gf asked for his perspective on why we were over there and he just stated, with utmost clarity and certainty, "Weapons of mass destruction...the liberal media won't show you everything we've uncovered, but i've personally seen x amount of weapons discovered and they were extremely close to being nuclear capable and would have had hte reach to hit western europe" and he went on about how the war could be over if they shut off the cameras and how we could wipe out the N. Korean threat within 3 months... So, i just nodded and tried to mention the lack fo evidence, etc, but was shot down with the "liberal media doesn't tell teh truth" which i can believe, but logically..if there were stockpiles uncovered, wouldn't bush have had 50,000 conferences about it; wouldn't a soldier have taken a pic and sold it to fox news; woudlnt' there have been SOME leak of a story that would get to the general public. He basicaly ended his speech with "all i know is that 83 of my friends are dead and they died for the right cause" which is impossible to argue against and makes you sound like an ass if you try... And the whole encounter made me realize that the divide between the right and center and left in the country is just..extremely huge and seemingly insurmountable. Neither side of the argument will even consider the other side's and both sides end up more convinced that they are right.... Anyway, sorry for rambling, but i am curious, what is the prevailing argument for the war again? I honestly thought bush and co had retracted the WMD argument and was on the "Sadaam was a bad man" defense.... BTW, this is the only one of a few soldiers i have spoken to who agreed 100000% with the war. most others have the "we're over there now, so we should finish it' outlook. This one also said, "my son will serve in the military and i can only pray he will go to war"... Thanks for letting me vent, any thoughts? anyone else have any encounters with soldiers that mimic this or are to the contrary? Thanks again __________________ Live. Chris