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Re: Cheap honors

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From: Al Frankfurter
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 00:00
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Our wars should be against poverty, against illiteracy. Our fight should be
for a healthy nation where all have access to medical care, where age is
honored. When did America have a war at its homeland. War is horrible
when it comes home." Last night I dreamed the strangest dream, I never
dreamed before. I dreamed the world has all agreed to make an end to war."
And all the people.......  Alf

USParts wrote:

> You are right my friend.
> Its incredible how we think here in the US, we are dropping bombs in
> Yugoslavia, killing tons of people, and dont like it when they capture our
> soldiers and "rough them up".
> I am in no way, indicating I am against the war, I am mainly talking about
> the way we think. Kinda screwed up.
>
> Would you feed and help your attacker?  What a joke.
>
> Rick
>
> Dave Johnson <pinefarm@UNIONTEL.NET> wrote in message
> news:37323591.6CE4@uniontel.net...
> > I think it is really outrageous to award Purple Hearts to the three guys
> > who were taken prisoner and then released, simply because they were
> > roughed up a bit. That really degrades the medal and is an insult to the
> > men who were actually wounded and suffered from those wounds. Many of
> > them still suffer from them. Victims as heroes. Politics, not
> > heroism.Nauseating        Dave Johnson
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Date: 1999/06/04
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