I meant the Iraqi people. I don't think they deserve the sacrifices our soldiers are making. I don't see what they've done to deserve the sacrifice of someone like Mr. Sebban.
I guess I'm just feeling disillusioned. On 3/23/07, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can I ask how his fellow soldiers did not appreciate or deserve what SFC > Sebban did? He didn't give his life for some abstract like democracy or > freedom, he gave his life to save his buddies, those soldiers he lived with > daily. > > Pundits will point to him and claim he died for freedom. That isn't > true. He died warning his brothers and sisters and treating thier wounds > before his own. If he does not get a CSM or other award for valor for these > actions then the Army has lost a modicum of my respect. > > Any soldier who says he fights just for his country and an abstract > concept is full of shit. My fellows fought and served for our brothers in > uniform. We didn't give a shit about the civilian command, except they > really liked to fuck with us. That is why I still have a dark place in my > heart for cheney. > > >This really has to stop. I'm not a dove or a peace-nik by any means, but > >amazing Americans like Mr. Sebban are giving their lives for people who > >don't appreciate it, and, frankly, don't deserve it, in my opinion. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231189 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
