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Tim, I know that for some Canadians like yourself, with a non-existent security force and safe under the protection of the US, all this Iraq stuff is a joke, as displayed by this incredibly mean-spirited, callous and facetious post by you. I suppose you think you are being clever, or funny. This is not only just a game for you but you also seem to have contempt for the Iraqis and Afghans who were brutalized by Muslim tyrants and have never enjoyed the freedom and democracy that you take for granted. That young Marine whom you ridicule is risking his life for other people, while you sit back and oppose him and others like him. Since you seem to have missed it, on another posting titled, Re: [Goanet]Re: Chickens coming home to roost!, I had the following comment: 9. I hate to disappoint you, Ronald, but I volunteered to go to Iraq, and they turned me down on the grounds that I'm an old fart with heart disease and on the verge of surviving cancer. So, I have no choice but to reiterate the facts as I know them until everyone at least gets their facts straight. Then whatever opinions you arrive at are fine with me. After all, we have the luxury to have differing opinions, Ronald. In Saddam's Iraq and in the Taliban's Afghanistan, political opponents did not have that luxury. I know an Iraqi refugee in Detroit whose wife and daughter were raped in front of him by Saddam's goons, because someone told them that he had made a joke about Saddam. After hearing stories like that, dealing with opposition to the liberation of these countries has become my mission. I still can't figure out why some people, using every sophistry they can muster, oppose the effort to bring them this opportunity. --- Tim de Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ########################################################################## > # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] # > # Want to check the archives? > http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to > reflect respect to others # > ########################################################################## > > A question I have for Mario Goveia. > > You obviously feel very strongly about the USA > defending liberty and > democracy around the world. You were touch by the > the US Marine's desire to > get back to Iraq. > > The USA is currently experiencing strong opposition > in Iraq . . . . so why > don't you enlist with the US Army and offer to to to > Iraq? Why expect others > to do it for you? > > I am sure the US government will welcome you with > open arms. > > > Tim de Mello > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CANADA > > > >
