<shempmcgurk@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > <snip>
> > > > And as far as cowardise on the part of Bush is concerned:
Well,
> > > > going into the job, Bush knew that he:
> > > >
> > > > 1) had an approximately 1 out of 10 chance of being killed on
> > the
> > > > job (4 out of 42 presidents have been assassinated in U.S.
> > > history);
> > > > and
> > > >
> > > > 2) had an approximately 1 out of 8 chance of being wounded
> > > ('cause,
> > > > like Reagan, there have been numerous unsuccessful
assassination
> > > > attempts that have wounded presidents).
> > > >
> > > > Name me one war U.S. soldiers have ever been involved in
where
> > the
> > > > odds were worse than that. For example, 8,752,000 U.S.
> > military
> > > > served in Vietnam and 59,000 died. That's about a 1 out of
150
> > > > chance to be killed. And there were 211,556 wounded...about
a 1
> > > out
> > > > of 40 chance to be wounded.
> > > >
> > > > Call him whatever you want but a "coward" is totally
unwarranted.
> > > >
> > > My response is probably pretty predictable, but when you kill
and
> > > maim 25,000 soldiers from the comfort of your armchair,
*that's*
> > > cowardice, on a breathtaking scale, especially then strutting
> > around
> > > an aircraft carrier deck with tennis balls in your crotch.
Sorry,
> > > but the guy is a total coward and armchair warrior, a real wimp.
> > >
> >
> > Then what does that make MacArthur who oversaw 33,000 Americans
(and
> > countless enemy casualities) deaths during the Korean War?
> >
> > And Eisenhower during WW2 who oversaw 292,000 American deaths?
> >
> > And Grant who oversaw several hundred thousand deaths during the
> > Civil War?
> >
> > And they ALL oversaw their wars from a safe distance from the
> > front...
> >
> > Were they all "total cowards", too?
> >
> I believe that the civil war death count was 437,000. Does that mean
> that Lincoln was a coward too?
When it comes to war, and sending men to their death;
This is never an easy task, and always takes it's toll.
Viet Nam, eventually killed LBJ.
Lincold died after the war, he was killed.
I don't think it's the numbers of died and wounded, although this
certainly adds karma on karma...
But it's more a quality of truth...
That is where the real bravery comes in.
Anybody can kill, given the right circumstance, at least any good
soldier...
But it takes a brave man or woman to speak the truth.
This is Lincoln's legacy;
The shear power of truth in his words, and in his vision of Unity.
Without Lincoln, and some of the other's;
There would be no United States of America...
If we hadn't invaded Iraq, on the other hand,
And if we had a follow-up plan after the fall of Baghdad;
Then perhaps Mr.Bush wouldn't appear now, as such a fool.
'A man who claims victory, prematurely, wears his crown to his
demise'.
R.G.
R.G.
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