Jonah - 20/3/2013 21:21
and c) He was killed by an American pilot in a 'friendly fire' incident.
BodyButter - 21/3/2013 04:28
In the last Jack Reacher book I read he talked about how America hadn't fought a war worth fighting since WW2. I'd say the Falklands was worth fighting but since then?
I have a lot of sympathy for squaddies now-a-days, they sign up to serve their country and end up serving corporate greed. There can't be much job satisfaction killing people who are trying to defend their country and natural resources from predators.
Jonah - 21/3/2013 09:23
BodyButter - 21/3/2013 04:28
In the last Jack Reacher book I read he talked about how America hadn't fought a war worth fighting since WW2. I'd say the Falklands was worth fighting but since then?
I have a lot of sympathy for squaddies now-a-days, they sign up to serve their country and end up serving corporate greed. There can't be much job satisfaction killing people who are trying to defend their country and natural resources from predators.
Apart from the opium poppy what natural resources does Afghanistan have exactly?
Are you seriously suggesting that we should let the Taliban over-run the democratically elected government of Afghanistan?
Jonah - 21/3/2013 18:23
BodyButter - 21/3/2013 04:28
In the last Jack Reacher book I read he talked about how America hadn't fought a war worth fighting since WW2. I'd say the Falklands was worth fighting but since then?
I have a lot of sympathy for squaddies now-a-days, they sign up to serve their country and end up serving corporate greed. There can't be much job satisfaction killing people who are trying to defend their country and natural resources from predators.
Apart from the opium poppy what natural resources does Afghanistan have exactly?
Are you seriously suggesting that we should let the Taliban over-run the democratically elected government of Afghanistan?
BodyButter - 21/3/2013 04:28
...I have a lot of sympathy for squaddies now-a-days, they sign up to serve their country and end up serving corporate greed. There can't be much job satisfaction killing people who are trying to defend their country and natural resources from predators.
TuBBz - 23/3/2013 09:17
You need to read this
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/dying_vets_fuck_you_letter_to_george_bush_dick_cheney_needs_to_be_read