There was the Hundred Years' War back in the Dark Ages, yes. On Jan 31, 2008 5:36 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In that case, 10 years isn't unusual at all to complete or continue a > war. You forget wars have taken 100s of years to be fully resolved before. > > > Dana wrote: > > yes I mean Iraq. > > > > On Jan 30, 2008 9:26 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You mean Iraq? > >> > >> BTW, I would support an invasion of N. Korea. > >> > >> If we are going to be an interventionist country lets freaking do it. > >> Mandatory service periods for all, hardship tours of several years. > >> > >> Just too bad that the vast majority of the US are pussies. > >> > >> > >> Dana wrote: > >>> so why not invade them? I just think the bit about how we are invading > >>> Iran because they invaded Kuwait back in the day does not pass the > >>> giggle test. Why not invade Mexico for fighting with us over Texas? > >>> Heck, why not bomb Britain for being mean to us in the 18th century? > >>> > >>> On Jan 30, 2008 6:09 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> So what? > >>>> > >>>> N Korea and S Korea (and the US) are still legally at war to, so what? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Dana wrote: > >>>>> yes but that was years ago. Hell, Iraq invaded Kuwait while I was in > >>>>> Canada showing off my new baby, and he is in college now. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Jan 30, 2008 3:34 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>>> Also, what is this preemptive nonsense, unilateral, I'll give you, but > >>>>>> they did seriously invade Kuwait. We never signed a peace treaty with > >>>>>> them and were still officially at war right up until we toppled their > >>>>>> government. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Dinner wrote: > >>>>>>> On Jan 29, 2008 9:13 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>>>>> If you are going to argue about military action, at least address the > >>>>>>>> realities of the theater you are talking about. We could have > >>>>>>>> pulverized > >>>>>>>> North Korea years ago, but it would have cost of the lives of > >>>>>>>> 70,000+ US > >>>>>>>> servicemen in the Korean DMZ, maybe a million+ South Koreans in > >>>>>>>> range of > >>>>>>>> North Korean artillery (e.g. all of Seoul) and perhaps even some > >>>>>>>> Japanese > >>>>>>>> unlucky enough to be in range of North Korean missiles. No one is > >>>>>>>> going to > >>>>>>>> make that trade for a preemptive strike, although I could see it > >>>>>>>> being made > >>>>>>>> if the North were in the process of invading the South. > >>>>>>> Hey hey! Look how we choose who to "premptivly attack". =] > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Iraq was the logical choice, since we didn't think we'd loose "too > >>>>>>> much", or what? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> And what about Cheney's "it would be a quagmire" crap, from before > >>>>>>> the war? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Damn man, the whole thing was just executed piss-poor. I like seeing > >>>>>>> "bad guys" swinging from the gallows as much as the next guy, but > >>>>>>> sheesh. These are our countrypeople dieing for these decisions! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> You don't just play with life and death like that, and then say "God > >>>>>>> has my back, I don't even feel bad", and whatnot. Or you can, but you > >>>>>>> loose my respect. "too many funerals to make it to"... yeah... > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Go buy some stuff, you Patriots. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> (Not you, Rob-dawg-- the American People) > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find > >>>>>>> out what they want and then advise them to do it. > >>>>>>> Harry S Truman > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>> > >> > > > > > >
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