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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 04:09 PM Original message |
War Zero: Nothing Honorable About the Vietnam War |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wish this could be published much more widely |
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watrwefitinfor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes, I am CERTAIN I want to recommend that. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. I disagree--there IS nobility in being willing to serve when your |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. "I was just following orders" |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It doesn't take "history" to know whether a war is immoral or not |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. By "some people", do you mean me? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. The U.S. military hasn't actually "defended my freedoms" in my lifetime |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You don't know what the truth is, ingrate. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Then enlighten me |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. No. Anyone who denigrates the service and sacrifice of others is not worth my time. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. So in other words, you can't answer my assertion |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 06:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. People - even WWII hero Audie Murphy - often join the military for economic reasons. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Yes, but they should be clear-eyed about what they're doing: |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. DISAGREE - troops' honor has nothing to do with the morality of the war in which they fight... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. But the individual still has responsibility |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. They discarded the "I was only following orders" argument after WWII. |
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