[Rhodes22-list] Iraq - It is still there!

[stan]

Brad - you are a smart guy so maybe you can explain to me why we fight these 
wars with one hand tied behind our back if the outcome is critical.  (of 
course if it isn't that important, why are we there in the first place) 
Since Cheney and Bush and McCain and Lieberman feel it is critical that we 
win, why no draft, no wage and price controls, no rationing, no all out 
manufacturing effort to get our sacrificial lambs better protection, not a 
drop of sacrificing on the partying home front?   I am willing to go if you 
think it the right thing to do but no way would I go or let my kids go with 
what obviously is a plan that does not take winning seriously enough to 
warrant having the president's or congresses kids interested in helping the 
war effort.   you get the message - help this Rhodes relic out.  I wonder if 
our president takes the daily spilling of our young blood with same degree 
of pain that you and I do.

stan/EC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 12:23 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Iraq - It is still there!


> While we are choosing the cut of our next mainsail, kids are still dying 
> in
> Iraq.  Mostly, they are killed from IEDs, enhanced with C4 from Iran 
> (semtex
> too), but other sources as well. Sorry too spoil your otherwise pleasant 
> day
> but twenty-year-old kids have their asses at risk as we speak, while in
> cyberspace, we mentally masturbate about defending your right to bitch 
> about
> why they are there, OR, we debate the cut of our mainsail.  Go sailing on
> the 4th of July and forget about all that died to make that holiday 
> happen.
> I can't blame you for not having a clue about what is  happening in Iraq
> right now, why should you care when there is so much more interesting news
> happening.  Did Paris eat a snatch in prison?  Inquiring minds want to
> know!  I don't know what your plans on the 4th are but I'm taking the
> CoraShen out and flying the flag.  Why can't we all get along?  The 
> Germans
> just wanted a little territory and a few less Jews.  No problem there.
> Right?  Sorry for spoiling an otherwise great sail but wake up folks! 
> Your
> weekend sailing satisfaction is not guaranteed!  The war that is nothing
> more than a bumper sticker might just blow-up right in your face.  Happy
> 4th!  (I'll be gone until the 6th of July so the world is your
> responsibility.  Good Luck!
>
> Brad
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