NP Netiquette (was more Army chaplaincy)

[joeallonby]

on 4/10/03 3:06 AM, Paul Mackin at paul.mackin at verizon.net wrote:

> On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 00:36, joeallonby wrote:
> 
>>> 
>> Many of the men, and women, who were around at that time are dead as a
>> direct result of their service in what they knew to be a noble cause. Many
>> of the most confirmed men of peace that I know are, like Doug, veterans of
>> the military who have been informed by that experience. These people should
>> be respected and honored; they should not be the victims of cheap shots.
> 
> 
> I can respect those who think the present war to be a big can or worms.
> They may even be right.  However I find little good in people who take
> ridiculously naive positions in the name of the peace label. I think the
> so-called pro-peace movement has much in common with the so-called
> pro-life movement.
> 
> P.
> 
Granted. And I have serious problems with ANSWER.

Big can of worms?

How about big can of cobras.

The people of Iraq, by the way an educated populace, have had a gun held to
their heads for twenty-five years. Here come guys with bigger guns. I'd bake
'em a pie and hold a party too. I would also keep the AK's in my basement
loaded. The Iraqi's (such as it may be, because Iraq is not a nation) have
every reason not to trust Americans. They have even more reasons not to
trust each other.

This is a very complex situation.

I think a lot about the Hungarian revolution of 1956.

I think the Kurds do too.

Peace
Joe