Give Peace A Chance
- Thread starter ratwell71
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Looks like she has a pea in the pod.
Nope. I mean give peace a chance. No war in Iran. Bring our boys and girls home now. That kind of peace.
greg334
Veteran Expediter
If you were in the first gulf war, then you have a perspective of what is really going on, more than what many are fed by the media.
See you used "if" and that is just wrong.
This is what makes your comments so lame.
I am a vet and don't try to take that away from me, ok.
I have a perspective of no soldier glorifies war. Have you been in war? Have you served during war? Have you?
So next time do not spout off with IF.
I am, I was, and will be a Gulf War Veteran. You cannot take my experience away from me. The only thing you can do is make stupid assumptions and show how ignorant you really are.
Peace is patriotic.
Dissent is patriotic.
I served to preserve those rights. So whoever wants to protest can.
Tennesseahawk
Veteran Expediter
Then you'll know our 'victory' in the Gulf War was a diplomatic one, right? Like Jayman said, it took the UN 12 years of a screwed up diplomacy, and back room dealing and corruption, before someone stepped up to the plate and did what should've been done in Sandbox Part I.
greg334
Veteran Expediter
There you go, redefining patriotism.
Sorry but I respect your service to a point.
The point I am making is not about your service and the IF is there for a reason - it is about knowing the culture of the region that you were in.
Oh please. Wake up.
Maybe you can enlighten me since you were there. Oh, I am sorry you weren't. So keep watching the news telling you lies.
This is what I call spreading hate. Why? Because it is not a culture war. You are making it as such.
That is funny because we were suppose to be fighting so-called terrorist. Where were they? Where are they now?
This war was a lie. Just read about the Bay of Pigs and the real Pearl Harbor.
Actually isn't freedom and peace what patriots strive for? Is it not what we fight to attain?
So who is redefining it?
There is no victory to be had in war. War is not a game. There are no winners.
Tennesseahawk
Veteran Expediter
If that's your opinion, then why volunteer? I'm sure most who served, or are serving, have a different opinion.
Sure it's a game. It's a strategic chess match. Ever play Risk? Axis and Allies? We place our pieces, intend our invasions, then let the war gods roll the dice. War is needed. As long as there are differences in opinion, religion, or other, there will be war. As long as humans are human, there will be war.
Have you ever been to a Civil War battlefield? Have you heard the ghosts as you've envisioned the battle? It's an eerie feeling... and also eerily beautiful. Wars serve their purpose. They have steered our history, in both good ways and bad. More than anything, they advance society with invention, courage, and PATRIOTISM. Strange as it may sound, we may not be here without war.