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Re: Not Saving Private Ryan.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 29 May 2004 09:22:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Thomas Stangl wrote:
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Those who have older relatives that were in WW2 have no problem respecting
veterans. Unfortunately, the # of people with living WW2 vets is quickly
decreasing.
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Yes. Frankly, I am more than a little bitter that I was not taught this
respect at an early age. Instead, I was schooled to despise the military.
That is just not right.
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It doesn’t help that a lot of WW2 vets have never discussed their
experiences in the Great War. My great-uncle refused to talk about it for
more than 40 years.
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The humility. The willingness to answer the call of duty. To serve knowing
that death was a very real possiblity. It leaves one speechless. What a
remarkable and selfless generation.
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Luckily, he an other members of his company finally wrote a book about their
experiences, so they will not be lost.
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And these books and experiences should be the first thing that current and
future generations of young Americans read and hear and internalize.
Freedom most certainly isn’t free. This is the only thing I fear about the
future fledgling Democracy of Iraq--
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The attempts of the pro-war right to link George “AWOL” Bush’s illegal war in
Iraq to WW2 never fail to leave me bemused.
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that they didn’t fully earn it
themselves. But they have made sacrifices (the 1,000s of innocents killed),
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They did not make sacrifices; they were “sacrificed”. Many of us have yet to be
convinced that they died for democracy. Their soon to be installed CIA PM does
not help win that argument.
Scott A
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and I hope that they view those sacrifices as an inspiration to persevere and
preserve Freedom and Democracy, rather than as an excuse to hate and blame.
JOHN
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) (snip) (...) You should signal your turns. What is "AWOL"? "A Winner Over Lefties?" (...) Calloused and insensitive semantics. Par for the course. (...) Oh really. And what would it take to convince you of that? The safe $$$ is on nothing; (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Yes. Frankly, I am more than a little bitter that I was not taught this respect at an early age. Instead, I was schooled to despise the military. That is just not right. (...) The humility. The willingness to answer the call of duty. To serve (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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