Few reasons to join the military:<br><br>- Love of the country and to protect it in case of an attack (locally- not on the other side of the world)<br>- Help locally in case of a natural disaster or such<br>- Money - pays well <br>- Schooling - pays for education <br>- And then there are those for adventure<br><br>Once you have signed the contract, they own you. So no matter what was the reason you signed up for, if Mr President needs oil, you signed your soul away for that oil.<br><br><br>_________________________________________<br>http://www.geocities.com/djstefan/bush.gif

Like I said, nothing stopping these guys from walking out of that recruiting office...<br><br>[color:red]You slap my back, I'll slap yours!</font color=red>

Where as GOP has been reasonable, you and others jump in with your same old song and dance. Everyone who owns a home or drives an SUV are war mongering, death dealers. <br><br>You say put up or shut up? Are you curently posting from the middle east as part of a human shield? Are you out there blocking the violence? How about Bird? No? Well why not? You feel so strongly about it, it's not worth it to you to risk your life to save another? <br><br>And since you feel that human life is so important, what about those people targeted by terrorists? What are you doing to protect them, other than moving your mouth up and down? What are you doing to keep another 9-11 happening? Anything? What, nothing at all? Sorry, I coudn't hear you over the screaming "Bush for oil".<br><br>Like it or not, for reasons you agree with or not, those soldiers are saving lives by putting their necks on the line. Politics aside, our troops are out there keeping people from being bombed, shot, posioned, etc. You have a problem with that? Are those lives worth less than yours? No? Then why are YOU doing something to help? Oh that's right, you and others like you only find your power while standing on a soap box.<br><br>And lets say we pull our troops out. Okay, you've won, our troops are back home. Now, what's your plan for dealing with terrorists? You going to use harsh language? Make them go to bed without dinner? Do you understand these people hate us for religious reason? They don't care if we're poor, rich, thin, or fat. They hate us and would kill you on sight. They are raising their children from kindergarden to hate us, and to desire to kill us, because they say we are evil. Because God tells them they must kill us. So tell me, what's your answer to that? Huh? <br><br>Stand on your soap box, and beat your chest. Post clever images of Bush, or whatever. You can make all the noise you want. If you don't have an answer; if you're not doing something to make a positive change, you're nothing more than background noise.<br><br>

What! Your wrong. Being all nicey nicey to dictators and terrorists gets you off the hook and they will love you and never do anything against you.<br><br>I guess, unless your the UN or the Red Cross or fellow citizens or even (God forbid)...<br>France!<br><br>Dean Davis

If they hate you because of your religion, why not bomb the Vatican? Why not rome.... or other non-muslims? <br><br>They hate you because you sold weapons to them, their ennemies and then went and killed their children, parents and family. They hate you becaue if it is not done the American way, it is done the wrong way. They hate you because you think you are the top of the world. Because you think the univers evolves around you... They hate you because at least half the globe hates you... They do not hate you because your dollar bill says "In GOD we trust" <br><br>A dog will leave you alone if you don't go and kick it. Same thing applies to humans.<br><br>You want to take those terrorists out, find their camps from satellite and send a guided missile to their camps. Wanna kill Saddam or Binladden, satellites can track them anywhere in the world from the first word they say by their voice frequency. Track them and kill them. Don't just track them and hold on to them in order to win an ellection later.<br><br>What do I do about the war? Same thing as most other people on this planet, protest against it. My power is limited to that. If I wanted to be a human shield, I would enroll in the Canadian army and go fight on the front line since that's where they place Canadians. This is one point that South Park was right on. But I am not gonna go place myself as a Shield to protect others since I do not belive in this war, or any war as a matter of fact.<br><br>Finally: If you want to stop terrorists, STOP SELLING THEM WEAPONS!!!!!!! <br><br>_________________________________________<br>http://www.geocities.com/djstefan/bush.gif

Uh, yeah. Okay. <br><br>If you read r e a d my post, you'll notice that I said it's their religion, not ours. Their religion dictates that westerner are the great evil. They won't just kill Americans. They'll kill anyone from the west. Canada, South America, England, Denmark... and lets not forget Newfoundland. Yeah, those guys are really, really evil.<br><br>If we truely belived that everyone but America is wrong, why haven't we invaded? Heck, we could take Mexico almost over night. Canada? About a week. Dude, you are so uninformed, I don't even know how you can put two words together.<br><br>You refuse to be a human sheild because you don't belive in the war. So, it's okay with you, then, when a family is killed from a terrorist bomber... because you don't belive in the war. Okay, I can see where that makes sense. (rolling eyes)<br><br>

I would enroll in the Canadian army and go fight on the front line since that's where they place Canadians. This is one point that South Park was right on.<br><br>I believe the joke in that movie was that they placed the African-American soldiers right on the front line...<br><br>Finally: If you want to stop terrorists, STOP SELLING THEM WEAPONS!!!!!!! <br><br>I don't think it's our policy to sell weapons to terrorists. We sell weapons to countries that express the desire or need to defend themselves. It's when the system breaks down that terrorists get their hands on those weapons.<br><br>I'm not saying it's right that we sell weapons at ALL, but we don't purposely deal them to people who would use them against us. (At the TIME, that is)...<br><br>[color:red]You slap my back, I'll slap yours!</font color=red>

Even though you were completely off point from Skull's post you ask...<br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>If they hate you because of your religion, why not bomb the Vatican? Why not rome.... or other non-muslims?<p><hr></blockquote><p>I guess they liked your idea<br><br>Dean Davis

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>I think you got the right idea Celandine. There are soo many people in this forum that are FOR the "war on terror" but I do not see a SINGLE ONE going to enroll and go fight. <p><hr></blockquote><p>Now sir you have really pissed me off. I for one have served my country in uniform. 8 1/2 years US Navy Submarine service. The war I fought will never see the light of day. I lost one of my best friends in the first Gulf War. I continue to serve my comunity and to a certain extent my country, as a professional firefighter/paramedic. <br><br>As for others McTeak still wears the Uniform on active duty. Both of us supported the war. I still support the action over there. Saddam was a continuing threat to us, and to every country around him. Regardless of WMD. He sat there and got rich off the UN food for Oil program for the last 12 years. Meanwhile his people starved. He has thumbed his nose at every UN resolution to come along, for the same 12 years. Sanctions didn't work. Diplomacy didn't work. How long do you wait before you say enough is enough. And it has been pointed out that we created this mess, so it is our RESPONSIBILITY to clean it up!<br><br>Now sir I ask you........What exactly have YOU done in the service of your country, besides stand on the sidlines and cry. For that matter have any of you served, in any way shape or form.<br><br>But that's beside the point. I took offense at the intitial post. djstefan I have been following your posts for some time now and all I ever see you do is whine, and cry about what other people are doing. I have listened to you badmouth this country, the Government, the President, and now myself and others on MM. I have not heard you put forth a single solution for anything. It must be nice to be able to sit on the sidlines and throw rocks without having to jump in the game. And as far as your post that started all this...............well sir .........YOU CAN KISS MY @$$.<br><br>(for all those offended by my cursing, with the exception of the target,.......you have my apologies)<br><br>

I guess Missionairies in Iraq equal bombing the Vatican.... <br><br>_________________________________________<br>http://www.geocities.com/djstefan/bush.gif