Click on the title. You'll likely need fast access. The presentation has sound. It was sent this morning by an online Vietnam Vet friend. He asked the question, 'Will we ever learn?'. I wrote back, 'apparently not'.
Hit back arrow to return to this post.
P.S.
Just added: See Michael Parker's Blog for today. Senseless and outrageous killings...but let his post tell the tale! He provides links for any of us willing to take some small step. Get involved??
Pris
9 comments:
Hi Michael
That was a powerful post on your blog!
Michael
I thought the choice of music was especially effective, too, though I didn't know the name of it.
I, too, liked the balance in this..showing the death and anguish on both sides.
It still moves me to tears.
Hey all,
I disagree... sorry. The voters elected the leaders that are in office now, and the situation we are in is impossible. If we don't step in, they kill us-- if we do step in our men and their men die... I agree, the killing is sometimes sensless, but doesn't Ecclesiastes say "there is a time for war and a time for peace?"
Saying that the war in Iraq was plotted before the planes hit the towers is ludicrous... Bush, put in a very tight spot after 9/11, made the best decision that he knew to make based on the voters. He was forced to finish what his father could not, and acted on the information he had... Pulling out now would only come to the same results his father came to: a never ending conflict that another leader is going to have to figure out how to resolve.
Why not stop bitching about the war and crying "Peace" and start praying for a safe return for the soldiers ready and willing to fight so that we can stay free?
Erin
Everyone is going to have different opinions on war. Granted, having men I loved go through one war makes me even less eager to see our boys in another one.
As for Bush, who knows what was in his head at what point in time, but he got us into the war under false pretences..weapons of mass destruction that didn't exist..and did it against the wishes of the U.N., an international body we're supposed to respect.
No, I don't think mass exodus is the key, now that we're there, either. It's too late. The screw is in, but we can try for a better transition, surely, than more killing. The bulk of Iraq--the ones we're there to 'help' don't want us there. That much is clear.
I forgot to ask, too...was curious about your statement that they're fighting so that we can stay free. What are you referring to?
Michael
Thanks for that link. I had heard, of course, that Bush wanted in and only wanted a justification, but hadn't heard that there was any written evidence. I'll look that up.
Rae
It's good to see you again. I DO remember that Johnny Cash song. That voice has been around for a long time.
Don't be a stranger:-)
Hi Jim
I'm printing that out to read right now, it looks so interesting. Too long to read it all online. Good to see your face again.
erin: ...Why not stop bitching about the war and crying "Peace"...
yeah right, like to stop wishing for peace is a good thing, anytime, anywhere ... hypnosis takes hold ...
j.
Post a Comment