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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla
"We (the USA?) never gave them a chance"? Sorry, Rich, that was all Saddam's doing, as you know perfectly well. Now why in Hell didn't you have the honesty to so state?
"Ask the parents of a dead child"? Ask our dead soldiers' parents. You, Rich, will be surprised, indeed, shocked and awed, at the affirmative responses you will receive. If you have the moral courage to essay it.
My commitment to human liberty is not rattled by casualties. Not by any casualties in any amount -- for I know what freedom is worth, and know whose blood is shed to water Liberty's tree. You, OTOH, seem to know something of the cost, but not of the worth. You could stand to take a leaf from my book. I doubt you have the courage to manage it, but it would rid you of the moral cowardice I see in your position here.
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You mean like these
parents of soldiers?
You claim to have been in the Navy. You must remember your oath. I was never in uniform, but I also took an oath to 'support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies'.
The 'Constitution of the United States', not the Constitution of Iraq. If we really wanted to invade Iraq and commit to nation building, then by all means make the case and ask for volunteers. The men and women in Iraq are doing their jobs as well as they can considering how truly *&(*ed up the planning for this war was. They are abiding by their oath, which also says that they will obey the President. This does not mean that they should be there or that they even think that they should be there. It was the job of Congress and the President to decide when to deploy them and how to support them and they royally screwed up.
If a bunch of gung ho idiots are really up for 'freeing the world', then they should reenlist and let the soldiers who have done their tour and just want to come home do so.
You show me a real, credible threat to this country and I will fight it. Getting cranked up from watching too much GOP TV and getting a hard-on to take on the world is a waste of my time.
I'd love to take a leaf from your book, but I don't read crayon too well.
BTW, if you have a complaint, you can ask for me by name, my real name. I use it to back up every post that I make. How's that for moral courage, Mr. Urbane?
Actually, I really don't need an answer. There are people on the Cellar who I disagree with who I still have a lot of respect for. Their opinions matter to me. Considering the tone, manner, and content of your posts, I think a dialogue with one of Wolf's tenants would probably be more productive than anything you could generate, assuming you are a real person and not a pseudonym of some Cellarite picking the most outlandish personality to stir up trouble. You just seem a little too one-dimensional, Mr. Urbane.
If you are indeed real, your prayers have been answered and there's a war on. Don't let us keep you from your nearest recruiting station.