Firecat
Politically Charged
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So is that why people have been debating it?
People can try. But at the end of the day, Iraq didn't attack the United States and didn't plan on attacking the United States.
So is that why people have been debating it?
The question of legality is not based on what you read in the paper or what CNN is telling you. You have to base it on the orders in front of you, and those orders usually have NOTHING to do with politics. My last deployment order said something like "YOU WILL REPORT TO ________ IN SUPPORT OF ________ FOR AN UNKNOWN DURATION BASED ON MISSION COMPLETION."
Based on orders like that, exactly what was illegal?
I wasn't referring to any specific orders during war, but rather the order to go there in the first place
I don't think anyone is debating otherwise, but it would be very foolish to think that the best thing to do now is to pull up stakes and leave the country in such a mess and let minority fundamentalists battle it out for control of the country.People can try. But at the end of the day, Iraq didn't attack the United States and didn't plan on attacking the United States.
Do you not understand that soldiers aren't orderd to "attack Iraq"? Your orders are very specific and goal oriented, the big picture belongs to the ones running the show, and at the start of the war and indeed pretty well into it nobody down low had an idea what everyone upstairs knew, not even you way up there on your high horse.Um, if you are ordered to attack another country....shouldn't you ask why?
some secret intelligence
Yeah that it is "so wrong"Sorry to bump my old thread but I couldn't help it when I saw this.
American soldiers teaching children to chant "Fuck Iraq".
All class here....
Until you have experienced that you can't really say much.
I can say something because I have spoken with soldiers
and I am only telling the truth.
I have more knowledge of these matters than you do and I have a greater perspective due to my studies of history. That would mean that my assertions mean more than yours.
I have more knowledge of these matters than you do and I have a greater perspective due to my studies of history. That would mean that my assertions mean more than yours.
I can't believe how dumb and ignorant some people are... you give the same dumb answers for everything. "They're soldiers! They dodge bullets! They're soldiers!"
If you had said something like soldiers are prone to playing such mean tricks because they are antagonized by the people of the country they are fighting, that would have at least made some sense. But no, they're soldiers. That's all that matters... they're soldiers.
Another reason: it might make it seem what we're doing is bad. There will be none of that in the media!The problem is that Jetsetter and many others only care about the soldiers. So they excuse them for playing these games on civilians, totally ignoring the fact that the civilians have it extremely tough as well.
Like the media that keeps a running tally of US dead, but ignore the civilian death toll. Like the politicians that constantly talk about the soldiers but don't utter a word about the civilians.
I know the reason why. Because an American life is worth more than any other.