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Originally Posted by PennBF
During WWII I was about 11 years old and our father was a Chaplin. I can remember being in Arlington Cemetery and watching as he conducted combined ceremonies as he buried 10-12 servicemen at the same time and their family's sitting by the graves, I remember going on visits to the Military Hospitals and seeing the servicemen with legs missing, some with bones covered in "mesh" awaiting amputation, or living at an R&R location for returning wounded servicemen and playing ping pong with them as they struggled to play. This is what awaits the ones who are being considered to go to war based on a tremendous amount of poor intelligence, no absolute identified mission. This is what they are being asked to give their life up for. This is not playing soldier in the back yard as a kid, this is getting serious wounds and getting actually killed. I sure as heck would not want my son or daughter giving their life up for the stupid statement regarding a "Red Line"
Think it over before saying you would be willing to see that 18 or 19 year old kid being shot and killed for what they are talking about. It is sad so many don't think of the kid falling in the field after being shot or the pilot being taken prisoner and being tortured. It is not abstract it is real.  |
I am hoping based on these hearings that we make a strike or two to save the Presidents credibility and then out. We have totally ignored this situation (I was told this was not an important issue in the unnamed forum) so let's save face and try to figure out a mature informed policy.