We lost 500,000 men in WWII. I wonder how soon you would have been protesting it if people in 1940s America tolerated it.
I'm tired of the surrender monkeys. --- Bill Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Even in Vietnam lots of the people that served > were enlisted. > > The draft only accounted for a small portion of > the soldiers > > in Vietnam. For example, Steve enlisted. > > > I used the term 'fragging' as a metaphor for revolt. > The real heart of > it is the question "why should I go out into that > Hell-hole again when > it serves no purpose?". Fragging was just one > (powerful) expression of > this attitude, but there were others. > > Nowadays, things are more controlled, so I don't > know if troops would or > could do such a thing, but they do have the Internet > as an > communications and organizational tool that the > brass can't control > (without controlling the whole Internet, because > anyone in the military > who wants to get on the net without ID can do so in > a variety of ways), > so there is nothing to stop a few Generals from > posting a "refusal to > follow orders" and getting 200,000 or 500,000 troops > to sign it. Not a > revolt in the fragging sense, but a revolt is a > revolt is ... > > I think that would be quite fitting, actually. > > > Bill > > <clipped> > > > > Kristyne McDaniel > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > Saddam - Hung for the Holidays http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
