Scott wrote:
Still a great essay from the Colonel.
...
...Thanks to two big oceans, relatively peaceful neighbors north and south,
and a half-century American age of relative world peace...
Our fine borders have not been tested. Not even close. Some suggest
some buildings in NYC was a
Where do you reside? My top down government won't take my trash out.
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes
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Scott wrote:
Still a great essay from the Colonel.
...
...Thanks to two big oceans, relatively peaceful neighbors north and
Thanks for the kind words.
Wilton
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Scott wrote:
Still a great essay
A wise man once said: Governments and diapers should both be changed
often, for the same reason
My Mercedes are working well.. don't need any parts.. have no issues at
present.. Thanks for the civil conversation to everyone..
Grant...
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via
THE TRAGEDY AND THE WALL
By Wilton Strickland, Lt Col, USAF (Ret)
The tragedy of the Vietnam War is exceeded by only slavery and the
Civil War as this nation’s greatest tragedy. Not only were thousands of
fine, young Americans sacrificed needlessly, sent into harm’s way by a
government
On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:02:09 -0400 WILTON via Mercedes
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THE TRAGEDY AND THE WALL
By Wilton Strickland, Lt Col, USAF (Ret)
Not a silly Sondy tale, but thank you, Wilton.
We had conducted the most intense bombing campaign ever against the
most heavily-defended
I am not a raging militarist, but how can we turn our backs on the
barbarism that is ISIS?
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:02:09 -0400 WILTON via Mercedes
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THE TRAGEDY AND THE WALL
By
I say we take off and nuke the whole site from orbit. It's the only way
to be sure.
--R
On 9/17/14 4:30 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
I am not a raging militarist, but how can we turn our backs on the
barbarism that is ISIS?
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As civilized humans it is our duty to recognize deadly threats and respond
with suitable deadly force to preserve both ourselves and civilization.
That is a basic human right given by our Creator [insert your own religious
belief here, or not] that has survived every advance and decline of
A heartfelt thank you to WIlton for his posting. I also have friends at the
Wall, and have given that salute of respect.
In my case, I went from 2 tours Vietnam to 7 years of Afghanistan, working
with Mujhadeen and Pashtun tribes in Northern Tribal Territories of
Pakistan, followed by other
fight fight fight
fight fight fight
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 4:41 PM, G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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As civilized humans it is our duty to recognize deadly threats and respond
with suitable deadly force to preserve both ourselves and civilization.
That is a basic human right
On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:30:17 -0400 Andrew Strasfogel
astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
I am not a raging militarist, but how can we turn our backs on the
barbarism that is ISIS?
I am not saying that we should.
If you read my email, you would have seen, more than once, the phrase,
do our fighting
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:30:17 -0400 Andrew Strasfogel
astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote
you can get lynched for that kinda talk in most of 'merka, boy
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:30:17 -0400 Andrew Strasfogel
astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
I am not a raging militarist, but how can we turn our backs on
Curt,
I've asked several Iraqis point blank: did America do the right thing? The
answer they gave me is Yes!.
The Iraqis didn't throw us out, Barack Hussein Obama made it a campaign
pledge to pull us out. Iraq very much wanted to negotiate an agreement for
our troops to stay, it was Obama who
On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 17:22:43 -0400 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com
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you can get lynched for that kinda talk in most of 'merka, boy
And that's the problem to which I was referring.
Craig
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Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
I am not a raging militarist, but how can we turn our backs on the
barbarism that is ISIS?
Wiltons story is a personal view of the war, and that's understandable since he
was heavily involved in it.
If one takes an objective view of both
RANT
If you go back several centuries, you'll find that the Christians were the
raging barbarism force of the time (crusades). I think the root of all
evil is religion inflicted on others (other than psychopaths). All
religious states/governments need to be eliminated at once, and for all
time.
Great questions ... in looking only backward, the decision to keep war in
other countries and not let it come to America, delivered by our enemies,
was a good one. Most American citizens alive today have never seen war
except what Hollywood gives them, have never held a compression bandage on
Ohh boy, now we have politics and religion on the discussion table:)
It's all Wiltons fault for mentioning the war, I may have mentioned it
once but I think I got away with it.
Anyway, regarding the 'temporary' troop withdrawal from Iraq.
My vague recollection of this was that it was decided
We can not and should not. It's already late.
Wilton
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OK Don wrote:
RANT
If you go back several centuries, you'll find that the Christians were the
raging barbarism force of the time (crusades).
...
Live by your own religion WITHOUT inflicting it on anyone else. If you are
against abortion, don't have one, but keep your beliefs to yourself.
Wow! It doesn't take long for this group to implode! Since some people say
the reason we are in the Middle East is OIL!, let's stir some of that in and
really get everyones cajones in an uproar. (Just kidding!)
In the meantime, I've lost something and would really be grateful if one of the
The issue is not so much why they are there but the big question is how
to go about making some real progress towards stability in the region
but we better not discuss that.
Anyway when you say you lost the back box, do you mean the actual arrows
or will foxy just not remember where it was a
Hendrik and Fay wrote:
The issue is not so much why they are there but the big question is how to go
about making some real progress towards stability in the region but we better
not discuss that.
Anyway when you say you lost the back box, do you mean the actual arrows
Gerry: Ya, I lost
Before this thread spirals into the great dustbin at some No Such Agency
data storage facility.. one last bit...
Mid East has never been stable in recorded history, far beyond the 1,435
years ago when islam was invented by a caravan robber named muhammed, and
since, there has been no peace and no
That's the opinion of some well informed retirees here. They believe that if
there were no oil or minerals, Western nations would have little interest in
the M.E. or Africa, so long as no other major power (Russia,China) moved in.
Gerrywho ends his 2 cents on the subject
G Mann wrote:
Still a great essay from the Colonel.
The debacle that was Viet Nam is less an indictment of war than an indictment
of the way that particular non-war was defined and prosecuted. Even a casual
review of world history will tell you that sustained peace is not normal unless
a superpower
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