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Fri 14 Mar, 2008 08:31 am
US President George W. Bush has said he would love to fight in Afghanistan if he was younger.
President Bush suggested fighting on the frontline was "romantic" during a video conference with US military and civilian personnel in the war-torn country.
"I must say, I'm a little envious," he said.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23373396-2,00.html
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Every time I believe I could not possibly think less of that man he goes and opens his mouth.
how can you not believe him... based on his romantic and in the thick of it participation in the Vietnamese conflict.... when he was young enough?
Not a single Viet Cong infiltrated the duck blinds of alabama due to georgies steely eyed guts and determination
So Zippo, what are you going to do with your time when Bush finally leaves office (and we are all counting the days here) ? Will you take up knitting or golf ? I think you are going to feel a great void.
Green Witch wrote:So Zippo, what are you going to do with your time when Bush finally leaves office (and we are all counting the days here) ? Will you take up knitting or golf ? I think you are going to feel a great void.
I'll take up Witch hunting.
I want the "romance" of Bush getting prison raped.
The point is that there are some people, men and women today, that do think that serving in the military, IN A WAR ZONE, gives their lives an added measure of something, that civilian life just doesn't offer.
Some men went off to war in WWI, singing songs about their "buddy." Some men went off to war in WWII wanting to fight the Japanese and the Nazis. Some men went off to war in Korea, wanting to fight the Commies. Some men went off to war in Vietnam wanting to fight the Viet Cong.
So, it doesn't seem unreasonable to think that some men and women, in this volunteer military, are in a war zone feeling that they are part of the continuum of Americans that went off to war thoughout the nations history. It can be romantic; Gone With the Wind is more romantic of a movie, because the backdrop is the Civil War.
My point is, some people may find daily civilian life less than satisfying, when compared to an experience in a war zone. Some people like to say they were there when history was being made...
I wouldn't expect McCain to romanticize his experience as a POW; however, his experience flying his Navy jet was romantic to anyone that enjoys seeing a military jet arcing across the sky.
Naturally, anyone that is anti-war, or believes the United States should have an isolationist foreign policy would not agree with anything in this post. It wasn't written for that audience, obviously. I don't want to proselytize, just offer another viewpoint.
Foofie wrote:The point is that there are some people, men and women today, that do think that serving in the military, IN A WAR ZONE, gives their lives an added measure of something, that civilian life just doesn't offer.
Some men went off to war in WWI, singing songs about their "buddy." Some men went off to war in WWII wanting to fight the Japanese and the Nazis. Some men went off to war in Korea, wanting to fight the Commies. Some men went off to war in Vietnam wanting to fight the Viet Cong.
So, it doesn't seem unreasonable to think that some men and women, in this volunteer military, are in a war zone feeling that they are part of the continuum of Americans that went off to war thoughout the nations history. It can be romantic; Gone With the Wind is more romantic of a movie, because the backdrop is the Civil War.
My point is, some people may find daily civilian life less than satisfying, when compared to an experience in a war zone. Some people like to say they were there when history was being made...
I wouldn't expect McCain to romanticize his experience as a POW; however, his experience flying his Navy jet was romantic to anyone that enjoys seeing a military jet arcing across the sky.
Naturally, anyone that is anti-war, or believes the United States should have an isolationist foreign policy would not agree with anything in this post. It wasn't written for that audience, obviously. I don't want to proselytize, just offer another viewpoint.
What's that got to do with Bush's cowardly ass?
edgarblythe wrote:Foofie wrote:The point is that there are some people, men and women today, that do think that serving in the military, IN A WAR ZONE, gives their lives an added measure of something, that civilian life just doesn't offer.
Some men went off to war in WWI, singing songs about their "buddy." Some men went off to war in WWII wanting to fight the Japanese and the Nazis. Some men went off to war in Korea, wanting to fight the Commies. Some men went off to war in Vietnam wanting to fight the Viet Cong.
So, it doesn't seem unreasonable to think that some men and women, in this volunteer military, are in a war zone feeling that they are part of the continuum of Americans that went off to war thoughout the nations history. It can be romantic; Gone With the Wind is more romantic of a movie, because the backdrop is the Civil War.
My point is, some people may find daily civilian life less than satisfying, when compared to an experience in a war zone. Some people like to say they were there when history was being made...
I wouldn't expect McCain to romanticize his experience as a POW; however, his experience flying his Navy jet was romantic to anyone that enjoys seeing a military jet arcing across the sky.
Naturally, anyone that is anti-war, or believes the United States should have an isolationist foreign policy would not agree with anything in this post. It wasn't written for that audience, obviously. I don't want to proselytize, just offer another viewpoint.
What's that got to do with Bush's cowardly ass?
The thread is initially about the President's comments relating to the war. My comments are in context of the President's comments. Why would my comments be in context of anyone's opinion of the President?
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