I hate going to the dentist

[NJmaverick]

however I don't have a choice if I want healthy teeth and gums.

A good analogy to those that are under the mistaken impression that anyone that feels there are times war is both justified and required must "love war".

[jonnyblitz]

1. i can't believe you just compared war to going to the dentist.

you are seriously unfuckinbelievable.

[NJmaverick]

7. Sorry you can't understand the analogy

[leftstreet]

12. +1

Best fail ever

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

2. Is there a DU contest for least honest equation?

Seriously, you might as well talk about "a smoking gun that comes in the form of a root canal"

[NJmaverick]

9. I don't know is there a contest? Seriously do you think any one "loves war"?

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

16. Yes, many people love war

Many, many, many people.

[superduperfarleft]

20. Especially when it's not their ass, or their family's, on the line.

*cough* OP *cough*

[NJmaverick]

22. what an odd view of the world

even those that start wars do so for what it brings them, rather than the war itself.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

29. If by "odd" you mean correct and universally understood by all people other than you, then yes.

[NJmaverick]

30. No I mean odd as in an incorrect interpretation of reality

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

42. Dude, reality isn't really your bag

Your statement that nobody loves war is the kind of epic over-arching cosmic wrong that suggests a larger problem.

Go find someone who agrees with you on that... do a poll or something.

Then there will be two of you.

[superduperfarleft]

3. Are you making this analogy from the perspective of an Afghani civilian?

Or from the perspective of a pasty chickenhawk basement dweller who feels tough cheerleading for war online?

[NJmaverick]

6. A civilian killed or brutalized by the violent and oppressive Taliban?

[superduperfarleft]

8. What about the ones that are now losing their families to NATO/US drone attacks?

Do you think they will feel that their loss is as justifiable and necessary as a dentist visit?

[NJmaverick]

11. They are less than the numbers being murdered by the Taliban

[superduperfarleft]

17. I'm sure that makes them feel just great about it. n/t

[NJmaverick]

19. Well I am sure they don't want the Taliban in charge, so yes

[slipslidingaway]

4. How many innocent people do you kill when you go to the dentist. n/t

[NJmaverick]

10. How many did the Taliban kill and would kill if given a chance?

[superduperfarleft]

18. So what other countries do you suggest we send troops too?

It's not like the Taliban is the only brutal wannabe dictators in the world.

[NJmaverick]

24. None at this time. We were here already and it would have been immoral

to pull out and leave all the Afghans that supported us over the years to be murdered by the the Taliban.

[superduperfarleft]

25. Dude, you are incredible.

I love good performance art.

[NJmaverick]

26. More like I am an inconvenient truth

[superduperfarleft]

28. Yep, you got the ego thing down pat too.

[cherokeeprogressive]

35. Since you seem to know, why don't you clue us in? n/t

[eShirl]

5. have your teeth pulled and get dentures

voila.

[laughingliberal]

31. Perfect! nt

[EOTE]

13. Wost... analogy... ever!

[pipi_k]

14. My dentist said my teeth were healthy, but my gums had to come out...

:cry:

[leftstreet]

27. ROFL

:spray:

Thanks for that!

[ensho]

15. I wish I had the money to go to the dentist

nt

[NJmaverick]

21. I wish you did to, everyone should have access to good dental care

[bigtree]

23. typical American equivalency bullshit

. . . you can't credibly compare your flapping gums to war. Just stop.

[laughingliberal]

32. Stopping by to unrec yet another post trivializing the effects of war. nt

[Ignis]

34. +1

[Prism]

33. And sometimes, you have to kill the kids in the waiting room

War is hell.

[cherokeeprogressive]

36. How many pieces of paper did you scribble on before you finally wound up with something you thought

worthy of posting?

Here's a good analogy for you: Your dentist discovers a cavity in one of your teeth and drills holes in it before pulling the teeth on either side just because they happened to be in the same mouth. There's your Afghan war for ya.

Waste of paper, if you ask me.

[superduperfarleft]

37. And accidentally performed a root canal on the patient in the next room to you. n/t

[QC]

38. This could well be the single most grotesque thing I have ever seen posted on DU,

and I have been here a very long time.

[NJmaverick]

39. Your response is far worse than my OP, so you really don't have to go far

to prove you wrong. Beyond that there is horrible posts everyday accusing good people of being war mongers or worse. You are certainly selective and eclectic in what you consider horrible

[laughingliberal]

41. +1000 nt

[mitchtv]

40. open wide

so you can swallow everything they regurgitate

[freddie mertz]

43. Is this the OP's idea of humor?

It can't possibly be serious...can it?