I suppose our aid to Iraq created Saddam and our aid to Iran created the ayatollahs too?

so glad you pay attention. my husband and i are both navy veterans, and my son is currently a sailor-he just re-enlisted. my other son is also probably going in-he wants to get an appointment to the naval academy. what branch of the military are/were you in?

ooops.

This thread alone leaves us, without a shred of doubt, that the print in bold is the case.

Who gives a $hit about the religious whacko's?? Let them be by themselves...Stop monitoring them, and let them give us their best shot. :rolleyes:

If you believe that germany or Japan was a bigger threat to the US than a Middle eastern country with a nuclear bomb you obviously have forgotten about 9/11.

And under your theory how did germany or Japan involve our interests more than the Middle east does?

I will gladly answer your question. We would do nothing. It is not our problem. We didn't have a problem watching millions in Africa kill each other. Why should we care about these two countries blowing each other up. The history of the world is full of things that this happening. It is natural selection. The crazy people perish eventually because they refuse to evolve. And countries based on religion are just that, crazy.

Now answer my question.

yes, we did help saddam. it probably kept iran-no, it did keep iran from becoming a threat all those years ago-the threat it's trying to become now. i disagree with what gb2 did-removing saddam strengthened iran, in that respect it was a huge mistake. hopefully oil prices will remain low-as without that resource, iran can't afford to back up their rhetoric.

Great. He can stay on his little ship while my brother fights the wars. My brother is technically part of the navy too, but he is part of the navy that fights the wars, they are called Marines.

people who join the Army become soldiers. A soldiers job is dangerous. I have yet to see a single idea from any of your ranting.

apparently an inexact science.

i appreciate your belittling of our service, sorry it doesn't fit your ideals. again, which branch are YOU in? and let your brother know i appreciate his service-i really do. i have a lot of respect for all our guys and gals in uniform. not very much for those who cheerlead from the sidelines, as tho being a relative of someone who is doing something means a damn thing.

Yeah tell that to the guys on the Uss Cole. If you aren't drunk you should probably kill yourself.

No middle east county is going to use a nuclear bomb on the US. A terrorist group from Pakistan might, but nobody in the Middle East. Last I checked Pakistan was in Asia, but maybe the map changed when I wasn't looking. :eek:

LOL....You all thought I was nuts?

tony and i were in mayport when the stark came in-not sure how many here remember that. our commander in chief, reagan, came down for the memorial service. chilling seeing that ship. it's a wonder we didn't lose more sailors on that ship than we did. not that it matters apparently-i guess navy sailors are a dime a dozen.

Listen ****** if any country uses a nuclear bomb it further wrecks the worlds economies which are already in poor shape. Why this is so is simply far beyond your understanding. And last i looked there were a whole lot more US civilians killed on September 11th, 2001 on American soil that were killed during either World War.

They were killed by a terrorist bomber, not in some war. Marines were killed in Lebanon by terrorists too. There is nothing you can do about it. But you can keep them from dying in pointless wars.

Everyone loves to say we should fight this war or our military should be protecting people in Africa, but for some reason they don't like to sign up and fight them. Leave that to the guys in the military.

i disagree with your first part. also, you're arguing semantics when you brush aside how one group of soldiers died, while saying only deaths on a true battlefield count. they all died while doing their duty.

again, when did you enlist? altho by now, with no answer, i figure you are not, and have never been, in the military. you'd have said so by now had you been. so, mr. judgemental, maybe you should take some of your bad advice and shut up about what the military should be doing.

They were religious whackos on a dinghy. They don't matter. We shouldnt worry about them :rolleyes:

Nearly 1 million members of the military were killed or wounded in world war II. And almost all were drafted. I don't care if they are civilians or military. An American death is an American death. This notion that a civilians life is more valuable than a member of the military is moronic.