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Re: Remembrance Day Thoughts

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From: Black Jacque Shellacque
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 00:29
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iili wrote:

>>Peace to all the soldiers and their families of WW1 AND WW2 who had the courage
>>and intestinal fortitude to fight those that would diminish or take away the
>>freedoms that most of us alive today take for granted.
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>Amen bro.
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Amen.  Let's not forget about the vets of Korea, the Boer war, those 
Canadians who served in Vietnam, or those who served and continue to 
serve in Afghanistan. 

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>>To the people of Iraq - 
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>>Perhaps you are not ready to enjoy such freedoms. If you were, you would be
>>fighting your own war against those who would oppress you, the same people that
>>the US military is currently engaging.  By those who would oppress you, I am
>>speaking of Saddam Hussein and his loyalists who are desperately seeking to keep
>>a firm grasp on your freedoms and liberties. 
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>>In my opinion, until you muster the courage and intestinal fortitude to defeat
>>those that would oppress your freedoms, you don't deserve another drop of blood
>>shed by a US or coalition soldier now fighting for your freedom in your country.
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>Bang on! And I don't think they deserve our help any more either, fuk 'em.
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There are good Iraqi people who don't live by a credo of hatred that do 
deserve help.  As for those who cling to the brutality of Saddam's 
twisted regime, I would tend to agree.

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