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Speedball
09 Sep 2004, 05:17 PM
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=23207
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Benito
09 Sep 2004, 05:23 PM
If they are the real parents of a dead soldier they have the right to do that. They lost their son not good to out live your children. It would not be nice to answer them with it was your sons decision to inlist there is no draft. Also most soldiers who went to iraq for example volunteer to go back after their first tour for a second tour.
Worst thing in the world is when you children die before you.
Matrim55
09 Sep 2004, 05:25 PM
Also most soldiers who went to iraq for example volunteer to go back after their first tour for a second tour.
Source?
bigredfutbol
09 Sep 2004, 05:27 PM
If they are the real parents of a dead soldier they have the right to do that.
How nice of you to agree he has the right to be angry about his son's death.
IntheNet
09 Sep 2004, 09:32 PM
I wonder....
Did the Revolutionary Soldier's families blame Gen. Washington for the death of their sons?
Did the Civil War Soldier's families blame Pres. Lincoln for the death of their sons?
Did the WWII Soldier's families blame Gen. Eisenhower for the death of their sons?
Did the Desert Storm Soldier's families blame President G.H. Bush for the death of their sons?
Did the Mogadishiu/Somalia Soldier's families blame President Clinton for the death of their sons?
The Armed Forces serve the Commander in Chief; we honor all the soldiers!
IntheNet
irishFS1921
09 Sep 2004, 09:41 PM
Source?
:raises hand: second deployment this year, i have also volunteered for 4 different 1 year army augmentee slots in kirkuk and balad
Benito
09 Sep 2004, 10:52 PM
How nice of you to agree he has the right to be angry about his son's death.
Yes, just like the worker in Iraq who was beheaded by terrorist blamed President Bush. What else can he do? Go to iraq and cut the head off of a terrorist in return. His father must feel very weak not being able to do anything about in in return.
Ian McCracken
09 Sep 2004, 10:54 PM
A father politicizing the death of his son. Real nice.
superdave
09 Sep 2004, 11:14 PM
:raises hand: second deployment this year, i have also volunteered for 4 different 1 year army augmentee slots in kirkuk and balad
That's cute and all, but you don't constitute "most." :rolleyes:
irishFS1921
09 Sep 2004, 11:28 PM
That's cute and all, but you don't constitute "most." :rolleyes:
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that is correct! one person does not constitue as "most"! however, i was just pointing out that it's isn't uncommon, spare listing names i'm not the only one in my career field who has done so.
i'm not trying to argue with you, because as you've proven in the national guard thread, unless someone takes you back in a time machine, or has the exact person/place/thing in question tell you you're wrong you'll still deny it and ask questions that have already been answered.
Benito
10 Sep 2004, 12:50 AM
That's cute and all, but you don't constitute "most." :rolleyes:
I thought you were a verify kind of guy? Check it out if the information is true or not.
bright
10 Sep 2004, 03:27 AM
A father politicizing the death of his son. Real nice.
His son died because of politics.
- Paul
Chris M.
10 Sep 2004, 10:21 AM
I wonder....
Did the Revolutionary Soldier's families blame Gen. Washington for the death of their sons? [PROBABLY]
Did the Civil War Soldier's families blame Pres. Lincoln for the death of their sons? [PROBABLY]
Did the WWII Soldier's families blame Gen. Eisenhower for the death of their sons? [PROBABLY, although Eisenhower was not the president during WWII ;)]
Did the Desert Storm Soldier's families blame President G.H. Bush for the death of their sons? [PROBABLY]
Did the Mogadishiu/Somalia Soldier's families blame President Clinton for the death of their sons?
The Armed Forces serve the Commander in Chief; we honor all the soldiers!
IntheNet
I wouldn't expect you to understand the grief of a family who has lost a child under any circumstance, however, I am quite sure that there were probably families in all wars where the utter despair over losing a child probably led them to question the politicians -- even in a just war.
As far as your last comment, it is touching that you honor Lyndie England, Timothy McVeigh and the guy that blew up his officers in Kuwait before the war started. :rolleyes:
Seriously, we should honor all who serve honorably which is a very, very high percentage, but we should not be blind to the fact that there are bad apples in all fields including the military.
AFCA
10 Sep 2004, 11:05 AM
His son died because of politics.
- Paul
His son made a choice and should have known that being a military man can mean having to fight a war for so some couch potatoe who's probably never been in a fistfight in his life can go on TV and sound all tough about 'bringing it on' and god knows what.
I tried to join the marines (didn't even get in because I refuse to lie about certain things) and I'm still glad I didn't get in. On one hand I would have loved it, on the other you're still nothing more than a little pawn for others to use and abuse.
But joining the military means you should be aware of the fact that you may need to fight and that you might not live through it. If this is too much, don't join.
So the father should not be mad at Bush for losing his son. He should be mad at his son and pherhaps Bush's politics. But reason has little to do with anything if it's your kid.
GringoTex
10 Sep 2004, 11:18 AM
His son made a choice and should have known that being a military man can mean having to fight a war for so some couch potatoe who's probably never been in a fistfight in his life can go on TV and sound all tough about 'bringing it on' and god knows what.
Why should he have known this? Who could have predicted that the president would invent reasons to send the US armed forces to an unnecessary war?
afgrijselijkheid
10 Sep 2004, 11:47 AM
A father politicizing the death of his son. Real nice.
unless its for your guy, of course.. then it would be okay
stopper4
10 Sep 2004, 12:37 PM
Why should he have known this? Who could have predicted that the president would invent reasons to send the US armed forces to an unnecessary war?
You mean like Bosnia/Kosovo/Albania?
Grenada?
Panama?
Somalia?
Haiti?
His son died because of politics.
- Paul
According to Clausewitz, that's every son that ever died in any war.
DoyleG
11 Sep 2004, 11:43 PM
But joining the military means you should be aware of the fact that you may need to fight and that you might not live through it. If this is too much, don't join.
Something potential "deserters" should chew on before making their moves.
BillQ
11 Sep 2004, 11:50 PM
I wonder....
Did the Revolutionary Soldier's families blame Gen. Washington for the death of their sons?
Did the Civil War Soldier's families blame Pres. Lincoln for the death of their sons?
Did the WWII Soldier's families blame Gen. Eisenhower for the death of their sons?
Did the Desert Storm Soldier's families blame President G.H. Bush for the death of their sons?
Did the Mogadishiu/Somalia Soldier's families blame President Clinton for the death of their sons?
Did Inthenet blame the education system for his failure to grasp the details of US history?