Forgot to remove the trailer the first time I sent this.
Mike
Mike MacLean wrote:
> I have not voiced an opinion yet on this, but the discussion is getting to the
> point of just that, opinions. No matter what we say on this mail list, it
>will
> have no affect on our leaders decision as to what is to be done. IMHO, I
>think
> cooler heads will prevail and an intelligent response to this cowardly attack
>will
> be forthcoming from our government. I spent 22 years in the military and was
> involved in South East Asia in 1970 all the way to the Gulf War and
>everything in
> between. If I know our leaders and our military, something WILL be done.
>Surely
> you must know that our intelligence gathering capabilities are second to none
>in
> the world. There is much more known about the people behind this act than the
> public is led to believe. Any response will come from this knowledge that we
>are
> not privy to. For those of you making a parallel connection to Hiroshima or
> Nagasaki, we dropped those bombs to save the Japanese population as well as
>our
> own fighting men. The Japanese were going to fight to the last man, woman and
> child thus wiping out a whole civilization. The American conscience would not
> allow this to happen. A similar "limited" response similar to this just may
>be in
> order to end the harboring of these criminals by countries that have their
>hands
> out for our dollars while spitting in our face.
> Mike MacLean 60 Sprite
>
> Dave Miles wrote:
>
> > Crsh, mine wasn't a "war" when I got shot either; they called us
> > peacekeepers, don't even qualify for a purple heart, but got the scars
> > and pain anyway. So I know where you are coming from, somewhat. But
> > trials and sentences only work when dealing with civilized people.
> > Whoever did this wasn't civilized, and doesn't deserve to live. You
> > can't relate this to what Hitler did, the Jews didn't attack him. You
> > can relate it to what Hitler did to Britain, and how they fought back
> > tooth and nail until the power to hurt them was gone. Or how we hit
> > Japan with everything we had, so they couldn't kill our innocents
> > anymore. Has America really changed that much, that we now will accept
> > the deaths of thousands of our people to avoid a war? If that is true,
> > then I am ashamed of those who feel that way. As for fighting the war,
> > I was 18 when I went to fight the first time, and 34 the last time. If
> > my son has to fight to preserve our freedoms and keep innocents alive,
> > although I would fear for him, that is part of the price of life in this
> > free country. And if he refused to fight for it, I would be ashamed of
> > him.
> >
> > We didn't start this mess folks. We weren't out there looking for a
> > fight, but it found us. Now we need to end it the right way. On our
> > feet as Americans.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > David Ramsey wrote:
> > >
> > > OK, I've heard all about how we should nuke/kill/burn them all. How many
>of
> > > you angry killers have been in combat or are you all watching to much HBO
> > > lately? We have two choices, arrest, trial, sentence the guilty, or you
> > > kill every last one, his mother, father, sisters & brothers, because of
> > > their religion, no exceptions. If you vote for the second then get
>started,
> > > quit talking, "You" have a lot of "Work" to be done. Or should our 19 year
> > > old sons do it for you. By the way, your on the wrong side if "kill them
> > > all" works for you, didn't work for Hitler won't work for now. But what
>do I
> > > know, I was wounded in what wasn't really a war anyway .
> > > Crash
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Dave Miles in exile
> > Junction City, KS
> >
> > "I meant what I said and I said what I meant, an elephant's faithful one
> > hundred percent."
> > Horton Hears a Who(Dr. Suess).
> > "Come on you SOB's, do you wanna live forever?" GySgt Dan Daly, USMC.
> >
> > ICQ #95215109
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