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To the average layman, devinmitchell, war is a wasted and pointless effort.
It takes people with an agenda, a cause, a more grandiose grasp of things to be able to contemplate, formulate, and commit war. Then they convince others to follow them, fight for and/or with them, and, if necessary, die for/with them. But the common everyman would just as soon never have cause to do more than have a heated altercation with a bellicose neighbor. No, wars are for governments and institutions and, when viewed with objectivity, are ridiculous, wasteful ventures.
posted by
saul_relative
on September 9, 2005 at 1:37 PM
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If this is what war does...
then what's the point? I'm sure the people we "liberated" would love to practice their religion without looking over their shoulder all the time, watching or listening for another explosion. It just seems so pointless.
posted by
devinmitchell
on September 8, 2005 at 8:04 PM
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Thank you, RAME. I believe you are one of the few people who talk about
Iraq in a realistic way, instead of this surreal quasi-mini-America with a few gun battles going on. That seems to be the way its described by warhawks and by a lot of our military men. Scary.
posted by
saul_relative
on September 8, 2005 at 3:47 PM
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Saul,
It is a shame. Those poor people. We can only imagine what they must endure day after day. Our son, Joey, when he came back from Iraq, said that it is hell there, not counting the warring going on. Those people have endured so much. Thanks for telling it like it is.
posted by
RAME
on September 8, 2005 at 2:39 PM
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Don't know, Divine_1. Their god is the same god as the Christian god. He
just seems to be a bit more jealous and goes by another name.
posted by
saul_relative
on September 6, 2005 at 11:04 PM
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Rush.
What was the damned rush anyway? I am sure there God's liked that.
posted by
Divine_1
on September 6, 2005 at 10:58 PM
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When people die in situations that are usually celebratory,lahip, we find
their deaths tragic and unacceptable.
posted by
saul_relative
on September 1, 2005 at 9:58 PM
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The power of a term in the minds of those programmed by their
circumstances can be rather profound, calebs_blogger, and, as in this case, quite deadly.
posted by
saul_relative
on September 1, 2005 at 9:55 PM
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Good post
To see people die like that on a religious pilgramage --- that is a tradgedy.
posted by
lahip
on September 1, 2005 at 6:36 PM
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I made a remark in the elevator
at work today about the same incident and how horrible it was... It appears a mere whisper of the phrase "suicide bomber" can kill a thousand people.
posted by
calebs_blogger
on September 1, 2005 at 5:43 PM
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