I have to agree with Bill on this one point: "Actually, these people do
have guts," At least Michael Moore does. He's spent a lot of time and
money achieving that disgusting physique. Beyond that, he's explained
why he will never understand the feeling of real victory and
accomplishment. The price is always too high.
Larry Miller
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From: Bill Arnold [mailto:bill AT wjarnold .D.O.T com]
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 12:18 AM
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Subject: RE: [OT] New homeland security monitoring...
> Bill, if needed, I would gladly carry a rifle and march into
> battle,
Mike, that's part of the point I've wrestled with trying to explain. If
you were in a war zone, there would be very few occasions where you
would actually "march into battle"; instead, more likely, you'd be
standing there talking to your friends when all of a sudden, out of the
clear blue, a bomb would go off and maybe take one of your friend's head
off. You'd look at this, and then you'd cry a whole bunch about how
"unfair" it is, and then, if you can keep your sanity, you'd realize
what war really is.
> but I know all those who talk about the draft would
> be running to the Canadian border anyway. You don't think
> that because there was a draft crapweasles like Ted Kennedy would
actually
> march into battle, do you?
> The draft bill would have to include provisions for the
> immediate arrest and execution of those who practice treason
> and sedition, and for those who care more about enemy lives
> than American ones.
I think you're missing something here: first of all, if everyone had to
participate, people who don't care today would start caring, and that
would lessen the likelihood of actually having a war in the first place.
Today, folks like yourself are all rah-rah to send other people's kids
to war for your cause - but you'd feel differently if it were your kids
suiting up.
A major reason for the protests that ended the Vietnam war was the
draft. Those college kids simply didn't want to go to war, so they
marched for peace. We don't have that today - simply because nobody is
being drafted - and the warmongers know the "volunteers" aren't allowed
to protest, so they've got the deck stacked in such a way that they can
pull off a war whenever they want - witness our current participation in
what history will record as one of the greatest military blunders of all
time.
Why? Because this war isn't about Afghanistan or Iraq, it's about the
ME. The neocons forced a war to bring the ME under control. That's what
this war is all about, and that's the objective. In fact, if you think
about it, that's the logical objective as well, because it really
doesn't make any sense to conquer islands in the area, because the
surrounding countries will just keep warring over the islands. It's the
whole area or nothing, and the neocons knew that all along. What was
missing is that the American people weren't clued in.
> They would have to find an extra strong gallows for Michael
> Moore, but watching Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Dan Rather
> hang by their necks would really give a boost to our national moral.
Actually, these people do have guts, because they are standing up to the
establishment. They put their careers on the line, which is a lot more
than most people are doing. I happen to think they would be among the
first to fight a war that we absolutely have no choice but to fight.
What they are saying is what I'm saying - that this war never should
have happened, and it certainly isn't a cause worth dying for.
> That's what is so extraordinary about our young fighting
> force. They are willing to die to protect scumbags like Ward
> Churchill and Janeane Garofollo. Shame on the Americans who
> love the enemy more than their own.
Think, Mike, think!
Bill
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