"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"
The old lie..... I posted this in the poems thread a long time ago.
I agree that the armed forces sometimes do good for our countries. Most of the time they are just used as pawns in a bigger political game. I could never fight unless I truly believed in the cause. Therefore I'll never join the armed forces. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Only justafiable war in the 20th century = WW2.
Nero: There are no justifications for the Iraq war, period. The original reason was a lie, an incompetent one at that and was the only one used at the time. That is the crucial point to me. The other reasons were all made up afterwards.
That's a damn fact too.
It was hilarious to watch. Operation 'get the WMD's' (or whatever) turned into 'Iraqi freedom' turned into operation total bullsh*t.
If they were there to 'free' them what makes Iraq so special? So many young men and women dead or crippled to free a big sandy dustbowl of a country?? Yeah, right.
Young is right too. Average age of a GI=21. Average age of a royal marine=25.
Anyway, there are lots of other countries to liberate. So Bush better get busy. He's got an empire to build! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" />
Why is it always necessary to die for 'freedom'? Maybe we can ask all the dead Iraqi civillians how free they feel. Oh, no we can't, because they're bloody dead aren't they? How much blood is necessary to repay the deeds of 9/11?
So what do your superiors say Nero? Why is the U.S. really in Iraq? I haven't noticed gas prices go down much so what use was all of this? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />
Nero: sorry, not a personal attack, I'm just frustrated, I stand by my words and believe them as strongly a when I first spoke them. What the hell are the reasons for this war? Honestly?
