From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Thu Sep 30 2004 - 15:29:52 PDT
And anyone should also know that if we had not fought the war on Terriorism
over there we would certainly be fighting it here on our streets. To the
best of my knowledge and belief everyone over there is a volunteer and knew
that was a possibility when they signed the contract.
I had nobody to blame but myself when I went to VietNam. I was a volunteer
as well.
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Grammont <islander@midmaine.com>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] MV
>
>
> >It is why any soldier who mistreats a
> >Iraqi prisoner should be given a special medal..and if he kills one..he
> >should get a silver star and advanced in rank..
>
> Then that soldier would no longer be a professional solider, but a
> professional murderer. If you act like the savages, you become a savage
> and in the process lose all moral authority to be outraged. That is not
> only the law, it is one of the most basic moral principles of Western
Society.
>
> On a practical note... if any of you out there weren't prepared for this
> sort of barbarism from our enemies, yet enthusiastically supported going
> to war, then perhaps you should question the need for war the next time
> the President pushes for it. Any idiot could have told you this is what
> happens when good people go to bad places with evil people lurking about.
>
> Steve
>
>
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