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Originally posted by peter12@Sep 26 2004, 05:29 PM
[b] [B]I think what they are doing is a huge difference and the manner in how they do it. They are intentionally targetting civilians and it is an insult to every single member of any armed forces to consider them on the same playing field as soldiers.
You have heard of the My Lai massacre???
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I knew this was going to come up.
The attacking of civilians wasn't a modus operenta of the United States army in the field in Vietnam. It was the act of soldiers in the field, and not supported by the Army who court marshalled them.
The Palestines who strap bombs to thier chest and run into buses, malls etc are being told by thier leaders to kill as many woman and children as possible.
This comparison between the U.S. Army and Palestine terrorists is ignorant and uninformed
One intentionally kills woman and children.
The other doesn't, and dosen't have orders to do so.
Court Transcripts My Lai
Its like the peace movement that decided to label every single U.S. soldier as a baby killer, or mass murderer. It was an argument based out of ignorance.
When I came home from Cyprus I was riding home on the C-Train in uniform. I was happy to be home, and looking forward to a few days off. And I had this middle aged semi drunken woman in a fur coat staring at me. Then she goes into a tirad about how I and everyone else in uniform was a babykiller and rapist, and even explaining to her that I was coming home from peacekeeping didn't do any good. The thing I noticed was that a lot of people on the train in her age group and younger were nodding and agreeing with her. Nodding and agreeing with a drunk woman, I couldn't believe it.I couldn't argue with her without disgracing my uniform.
Is there a moral to this story, not really, except that I've found that people on the other side of the political scale from me can be every bit as stupid, ignorant and closed minded as my side.