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Re: Where's Larry and Hoppy when you need 'em???
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:20:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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we’d get our troops (whom Repubs claim to support) out of harm’s way;
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I don’t think that the troops have a problem with this, so why on earth do
the dems and the left have one?
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Well, maybe. And then again
maybe not.
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That is a misleading story (go figure!) The overwhelming majority of US
troops in Iraq are positive, incouraged, and invested in their work. Many
there are re-ups. Yeah, there will always be a few malcontents. But don’t
make the misteak in thinking that their attitudes reflect the majority.
The stories about our troops that I hear coming out of Iraq are nothing short
of heroic, inspiring, and humbling.
JOHN
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Why should we blindly support our troops ? This is not an era of conscription in
the US and UK and so they have all signed up of their own free will. They aren’t
fighting to protect our countries, they are doing a security guard job
elsewhere.
Having said that, which I’m sure will raise a few hackles, I’m always in two
minds about the whole ‘support our troops’ thing. I don’t want them to die, I am
amazed and deeply moved by the stories of heroism and outstanding acts of
compassion I read about, but at the same time, they are just doing a job that
they signed up for knowing the risks.
Tim
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| (...) That is a misleading story (go figure!) The overwhelming majority of US troops in Iraq are positive, incouraged, and invested in their work. Many there are re-ups. Yeah, there will always be a few malcontents. But don't make the misteak in (...) (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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