----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 2:47 PM Subject: Re: Military Leaders (was RE: George W. Bush) > > I did write it and I suggest you calm down before rereading and responding > > to it. > > First, I am calm (another assumption on your part). Just because I am > passionate about my beliefs and that those beliefs contradict yours, by no > means demonstrate any lack of composure. > > > Something has to motivate those people to dedicate their > > lives to gaining that position and I think that in a lot of cases, those > > motivations are things that I would have a problem with. > > Here we go with the assumptions again. How in the world can you possibly > understand what motivates them? You have a problem with loving your > country? From your previous posts I would have thought that you did love > this country. I worked with generals, colonels, lt. colonels, etc. and they > are there because they have a tremendous love for this nation. That's what > motivates them. They strive for those positions because they want to be the > best. They are very goal oriented, driven, organized, and motivated people. > No different, personality-wise, than CEO's, priests, professional athletes, > talk-show hosts, PhD.'s or even CF-programmers that have dedicated their > lives to something that they love. Do you have a problem with people that > do that, or just those that do it in the military? How about this, why > don't you spell out for me what it is that you believe motivates military > leaders to get to that level as it is apparant that I don't get it. > > > I don't have any problem with general personnel and if you were thinking > > rationally about what I wrote you probably would have seen that already. > > And just to make sure that this part is clear, I am quite calm and rational. > If I was not, these e-mails would be littered with profanities or at least > things that resembled profanities. > > Respectfully and rationally with no hint of anger, disdain, contempt, or > hatred on my part, > > Michael > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
