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    Dr. Mordrid
    Dr. Mordrid
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    An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

    I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

  • #2
    They have always deserved it. From the first fight of the revolution onward.

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    • #3
      Yes, poor buggers risking their heads for other people's wrongdoings.

      AZ
      There's an Opera in my macbook.

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      • #4
        That's not how they look at it.

        American GI's seem to have it in their blood to ride to the rescue, even if it's on a mission on the other side of the planet. This makes them the despots worst nightmare.

        Ask your parents/grandparents.

        This poem might illustrate the sentiment;

        THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER

        Dedicated to the memory of T/Sgt. Richard M. Cole

        I am a whisper on the wind, of times past, of places long forgotten, Valley Forge, Gettysburg, Bataan, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, Seoul, Laos, Saigon, Cambodia, Kuwait.

        I am the heart of countless numbers of scarred and maimed American veterans, and the soul of the buried unknowns,

        I am an integral part of each white cross in Flanders Field, and I am sealed within each name on 'The Wall'.

        I am part of each and every headstone of every American soldier in every cemetery around the world.

        I am deeply enmeshed in each tiny undiscovered bone fragment of American soldiers, left behind on foreign soil.

        I am the unseen shadows, the unheard voices in those many empty cells that once held my brothers in unspeakable torture.

        I am the unbearable pain in the hearts of every mother, father, wife, husband, brother sister, and child, of missing American soldiers from all wars.

        I am within each and every teardrop shed by these family members for their unaccounted for loved ones.

        I am the essence of each and every drop of blood shed in the past or in the future, by an American soldier in the name of freedom.

        I am the lifeblood of the colors of the American flag, blue for my loyalty and unwavering dedication, white for my steadfastness, and red for my pride and love of country.

        I am the spirit of those names on the Black Granite Wall, of all those unaccounted for in every war, of those who went away to war as gallant young men and came back, older than time...or not at all.

        I am...the spirit of the American soldier!
        Dr. Mordrid
        Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 21 December 2003, 17:03.
        Dr. Mordrid
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        An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

        I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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        • #5
          Soldiers of all nationalities are the faces associated with the wrongs of war. They bear the brunt of mistakes made by governments. In the vast majority of cases, they are just doing what their leaders tell them to do.

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          • #6
            Army doesn't necessarily have to do with war and atrocities.
            I believe that the army makes men out of kids, puts some discipline into spoiled brats and does provide for a twisted yet quite efficient equality between people since they're far from home, far from mom and dad and from all the luxuries they were or weren't used to.

            You get my drift.
            "For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism."

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Dr Mordrid
              That's not how they look at it.

              American GI's seem to have it in their blood to ride to the rescue, even if it's on a mission on the other side of the planet. This makes them the despots worst nightmare.

              Ask your parents/grandparents.

              This poem might illustrate the sentiment;


              Dr. Mordrid

              I disagree. This just illustrates the misconceptions held about the military. And yes I served in the US military and yes I was in combat. Military from one country to another is not that different. I served in Germany and worked with the Germans on a few occasions. For the most part the only difference was the level of trailing; attitude, goals ect. where similar. I joined to get away from home not to save the world, this is a much more common focus then not. Most military personal dread the idea of going to another country and jumping into another countries problems. There are exceptions to the rule but for the most part this holds true. The US military roams the planet "helping/harming" because of money and politicians. Military personal do not make policy they just follow orders.


              Jeff
              -We stop learning when We die, and some
              people just don't know They're dead yet!

              Member of the COC!
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              Food for thought...
              - Remember when naps were a bad thing?
              - Remember 3 is the magic number....

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              • #8
                My son's in the Navy (aircraft carrier) and the rest of my family is also military who then moved on to public service (firefighters, police, medical etc.) and they had exactly the oppostie experience from yours.

                As for dreading to go; who doesn't? That said those that I know also looked at it as their duty and an opportunity to bring about positive change. In this case we have well over 3,000 good reasons, not to mention preventing any more triple-digit reasons.

                Methinks you joined for all the wrong reasons, which is probably why your experience wasn't positive.

                Dr. Mordrid
                Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 22 December 2003, 01:03.
                Dr. Mordrid
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                An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

                I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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