Three Idaho Soldiers Killed in Iraq

[H8tank]

Grunt, none of that information matters, cause you see, Bush Lied, it was a war for oil.

 

So don't hold your breath, non of them care, they just want to sit and whine about everything while real men take care of it.

[bushwacked]

It's much easier for political figures to back-out after the fact, and then blame Bush for making the decision to invade Iraq when things went wrong..

 

 

 

I, like many other Americans, thought it was a clusterfrek waiting to happen before it started and was against it before day one. Can I get a cookie, while H8 plays armchair soldier with a belly full of suds?

[rbmcdonald]

And yet, if I am not mistaken, you pulled the lever twice for Bush/Cheney. Hilarious.

 

 

Is this comment directed at me? If it is, then you are indeed mistaken. I was a strong Republican supporter up to the very late 90s; however I never cast a straight party vote. I would guess that I voted Republican 90/95% of the time.

 

I voted for the Libertarian Presidential candidate in 2000 and 2004. I have been a card carrying member of the Libertarian party for around 6 years. I was a Libertarian candidate for JP in 2006.

[rbmcdonald]

bad cheese and budwiser

 

 

+1

[skins]

Is this comment directed at me? If it is, then you are indeed mistaken. I was a strong Republican supporter up to the very late 90s; however I never cast a straight party vote. I would guess that I voted Republican 90/95% of the time.

 

I voted for the Libertarian Presidential candidate in 2000 and 2004. I have been a card carrying member of the Libertarian party for around 6 years. I was a Libertarian candidate for JP in 2006.

 

 

I wasnt sure, which is why I said "if I am not mistaken". Good for you.

[DemonKnight]

That is why I like the premise of Starship Trooper so much; it is an excellent political commentary. The only way to be a citizen (and have the right to vote) is to have served in the military. The other interesting thing was that serving in the military meant completely giving up any sense of self. Everything was done for the good of the whole. If someone died in training, nobody sued and there were no political inquiries. If someone died in training, then the assumption was that a lesson was learned that will save multiple lives in combat. If you do not want to serve in the military, that is fine. You can still have all of the rights and privileges accorded citizens, you just can’t vote. Many very wealthy and prominent people were non-citizens. The whole thing was started by returning veterans of the last war started by politicians. They finally said, you know we are tired of fighting wars started by people who have not served, and do not let their children serve. We are happy to serve, and put ourselves in harms-way, we just want the people making the decisions to also have been in harms-way, and their children to be in harms-way. Is that too much to ask?

 

Sounds kinda socialist to me.