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suitcase · 03-22-2003, 01:04 PM

Well I'm going to add my .02 and perhaps no one will ever read it but here goes. In '63 I was in my third year of a four year hitch in the USAF. On Guam and watching about 200 Marines headed for 'Nam every day. As "advisors". I missed by just a couple years. I hated it that our guys were going over there and dying for those people whose own government was so corrupt and the military so cowardly that they wouldn't even help us. So, for that reason I guess you could say that I didn't support the war there. I almost got my butt kicked for saying that in a bar in Miami in '64 by a trooper who had just returned. I had to explain to him that I didn't think he was baby killer and that I had supported them in their efforts, just that I wished that they didn't have to be there.

As to the argument that we are in Iraq for the oil. That is the most ridiculous of positions to take. If indeed we were, we could have taken it the first time we were there. And we should have, to pay for the damage Iraq did in Kuwait. To say that we're there for oil and turn around and say that we must spend tax payers money to rebuild their country doesn't make any logical sense. Why take your tax money if we have access to billions of dollars in oil money?
Do I feel any immediate threat to my safety? No I don't. Do I think that there is an immediate threat to our national security? Perhaps, who knows what these cowards will do. And seeing how most of the world would love to see us hurt, we need to take care of ourselves, whether we get ANY help or not. But I do believe that ties will be found to terrorist organizations and the weapons Iraq is accused possesing will be found too. In fact they have already been firing weapons that they claimed they didn't have!
President Bush will go down in history like President Lincoln, he was loved by some and hated by others. To some, the greatest president we ever had and to others the worst. I will say that I'm very thankful that we have a President who doesn't vacillate. Who stands up for whats right. Who puts America's well being and safety before foreign policy. He and I aren't that much different in age. Perhaps he watched the old Davy Crockett shows on Disney when he was a kid, like I did. Maybe he remembers Davy's motto, "Be sure you're right, then go ahead".

03-22-2003, 01:04 PM	#9
suitcase Member (10 bit) Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Central Virginia Posts: 780	Well I'm going to add my .02 and perhaps no one will ever read it but here goes. In '63 I was in my third year of a four year hitch in the USAF. On Guam and watching about 200 Marines headed for 'Nam every day. As "advisors". I missed by just a couple years. I hated it that our guys were going over there and dying for those people whose own government was so corrupt and the military so cowardly that they wouldn't even help us. So, for that reason I guess you could say that I didn't support the war there. I almost got my butt kicked for saying that in a bar in Miami in '64 by a trooper who had just returned. I had to explain to him that I didn't think he was baby killer and that I had supported them in their efforts, just that I wished that they didn't have to be there. As to the argument that we are in Iraq for the oil. That is the most ridiculous of positions to take. If indeed we were, we could have taken it the first time we were there. And we should have, to pay for the damage Iraq did in Kuwait. To say that we're there for oil and turn around and say that we must spend tax payers money to rebuild their country doesn't make any logical sense. Why take your tax money if we have access to billions of dollars in oil money? Do I feel any immediate threat to my safety? No I don't. Do I think that there is an immediate threat to our national security? Perhaps, who knows what these cowards will do. And seeing how most of the world would love to see us hurt, we need to take care of ourselves, whether we get ANY help or not. But I do believe that ties will be found to terrorist organizations and the weapons Iraq is accused possesing will be found too. In fact they have already been firing weapons that they claimed they didn't have! President Bush will go down in history like President Lincoln, he was loved by some and hated by others. To some, the greatest president we ever had and to others the worst. I will say that I'm very thankful that we have a President who doesn't vacillate. Who stands up for whats right. Who puts America's well being and safety before foreign policy. He and I aren't that much different in age. Perhaps he watched the old Davy Crockett shows on Disney when he was a kid, like I did. Maybe he remembers Davy's motto, "Be sure you're right, then go ahead". Last edited by suitcase; 03-22-2003 at 01:11 PM.