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Friday, March 21, 2003
Ok, I am not quite convinced that some war protesters are brain dead. First off: "Support our troops, bring them home!" is RETARDED. Soldiers have one job and only one job: to wage war. How can you support soldiers, yet oppose a war? How can you support soldiers, yet want them home. It should be "Support our troops, let them fight!".
#2: Yellow ribbons tied around trees originally was to show support for troops fighting overseas, wishing them long life and safety and VICTORY in the fight. Not "bring them home". Its like the V pattern we make with our fingers--it means one of two things: victory, or a vicious insult. When an enemy archer was captured in battle, the first thing one side did was to chop off either the index or middle finger on the archer's right hand (draw hand). The "V" symbol is to show that you still have both of those fingers, and hence the insult. It was the equivalent of "f*ck you!". It has NEVER stood for peace (except possibly the "peace" after a war).
#3: Protesters say we're baby killers and are targetting innocent civilians. HUGELY flawed argument. Not only are we using smart weapons (can be dropped into a pickle-barrel from 20,000+ feet), we are using selective targeting. We also gave the civilians of Baghdad alot of time to flee--the weeks marking the escalation in tensions, and then the final 48 hour ultimatum by the United States. If bombs are about to fall on your home city, are you going to stay home? I didn't think so. You'd haul ass out of there. If any civilians die during these bombing attacks, their blood is not on the American military. It also helps that the Iraqi military places legal military targets in civilian areas.
#4: We're in it for the oil. Possibly, but definitely not the primary reason. For one, we get more oil from Venezuela than the Middle East. Look at France, they stayed out of the war due to their oil interests in Iraq--http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2757797.stm. That is from the BBC, so suck it you asses who say "its biased". Plus we are going through hybridization now, and soon oil will be phased out (hopefully). Why take oil when we won't need it? Why take away the primary source of revenue for a nation? Where all its GNP is located? That'd be incredibly retarded.
#5: We're not committed to rebuilding. How come, according to Channel 7 News, that we sent out 200,000 TONS of wheat and rice for the Iraqi people last night? How come we haven't hit their power plants (despite the fact that that might bring many of their surface to air missile defenses offline, reducing the risk for Coalition planes)?
#2: Yellow ribbons tied around trees originally was to show support for troops fighting overseas, wishing them long life and safety and VICTORY in the fight. Not "bring them home". Its like the V pattern we make with our fingers--it means one of two things: victory, or a vicious insult. When an enemy archer was captured in battle, the first thing one side did was to chop off either the index or middle finger on the archer's right hand (draw hand). The "V" symbol is to show that you still have both of those fingers, and hence the insult. It was the equivalent of "f*ck you!". It has NEVER stood for peace (except possibly the "peace" after a war).
#3: Protesters say we're baby killers and are targetting innocent civilians. HUGELY flawed argument. Not only are we using smart weapons (can be dropped into a pickle-barrel from 20,000+ feet), we are using selective targeting. We also gave the civilians of Baghdad alot of time to flee--the weeks marking the escalation in tensions, and then the final 48 hour ultimatum by the United States. If bombs are about to fall on your home city, are you going to stay home? I didn't think so. You'd haul ass out of there. If any civilians die during these bombing attacks, their blood is not on the American military. It also helps that the Iraqi military places legal military targets in civilian areas.
#4: We're in it for the oil. Possibly, but definitely not the primary reason. For one, we get more oil from Venezuela than the Middle East. Look at France, they stayed out of the war due to their oil interests in Iraq--http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2757797.stm. That is from the BBC, so suck it you asses who say "its biased". Plus we are going through hybridization now, and soon oil will be phased out (hopefully). Why take oil when we won't need it? Why take away the primary source of revenue for a nation? Where all its GNP is located? That'd be incredibly retarded.
#5: We're not committed to rebuilding. How come, according to Channel 7 News, that we sent out 200,000 TONS of wheat and rice for the Iraqi people last night? How come we haven't hit their power plants (despite the fact that that might bring many of their surface to air missile defenses offline, reducing the risk for Coalition planes)?
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