It is virtually impossible to win a war when you are an invading force. It doesn't work, no matter what the motivation.
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Mission UnAccomplished in Afghanistan too.
Proof that even with the best military in history, incompetent leadership renders victory hollow and fleeting.
On a related note, we spend more on Iraq and Afghanistan in 9 MONTHS than we have spent on cancer research over the past THREE DECADES.
How's that for priorities.
Posted by God Of War at May 18, 2006 08:55 AMIt was always thus, GOD.
That an economy has been able to support this level of "defense" spending for 50 plus years is mind boggling.
The progress that could have been achieved absent such lunatic militarism is unimaginable.
Posted by euzoius at May 18, 2006 09:17 AMThat kind of orientation to progress is too "socialistic" for these Virtue of Selfishness sociopaths. They dont have the wiring for it. Plus they have too many personal pet projects on the table. Publicly financed elections is the only thing thats going to start the reorientation back to a republic.
Posted by jondee at May 18, 2006 09:54 AMThe fact that alot of these hypocritical scum claim to believe in a God "who is just" betrays a level of self delusion that is off the charts. They're like the conquistadors: flogging and burning-at-the-stake in the afternoon and going to Mass in the evening.
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[Editor: ignore=off]later all the remaining Indians, and still later, the Mexicans.
? Do you actually teach this crap? You must have to change teaching jobs a lot. I bet you teach your kids that the founding fathers were christians.
Proof that even with the best military in history, incompetent leadership renders victory hollow and fleeting.
Don't discount the 39 million people killed by the results of our actions over the last 50 years. That alone should make you feel very secure.
On a related note, we spend more on Iraq and Afghanistan in 9 MONTHS
But look at all the things we accomplished. Here is an exhaustive list:
Nada
Zilch
Bupkus
Death
Destruction
Insecurity
Stolen elections
flogging and burning-at-the-stake in the afternoon and going to Mass in the evening.
Good god! You just described scout.
but love every perversion they are taught to 'tolerant.'
Yeah! Like hating people different from yourself. A lot of people buy into that corporate meme.
I wonder if that number of Canadians killed in Afghanistan to date (16) includes the four killed in April of 2002 by U.S. forces in a "friendly fire" accident.
See: canadaonline.about.com/library/weekly/aa041802a.htm
Just wondering how deep the lying goes is all. (:>
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"Evangelical" Christians? Proof please.
Posted by jondee at May 18, 2006 12:51 PMYes, 52 of the 55 signers of the Constitution considered themselves 'evangelical Christians.'
Your ignorance continually amazes me. You need to read Ben Franklin's letter to Benjamin Rush, written towards the end of Franklins life. Something tells me you have no clue who Rush was. If you teach this drivel to your students, you are teaching them lies. But you teaching lies to students doesn't surprise me. I've read your interpretations of history on these pages, and like your interpretations of the bible, you are largely wrong. Always ignorant, and mostly wrong.
I’ll bet that you glorify unborn infanticide, right?
No glory to it. Rather, I refuse to interfere with a woman's right to her own body. And where are the loads of "christians" adopting unwanted children? Where are the loads of "christians" helping unwed mothers and offering them respite? Until the orphanages empty-out because people like you took the children in, I'll never change my opinion.
Yours is a dead religion offering nothing but fear and hatred, and follows a "god" who even his own brother said was not a god. It's a religion for schizophrenics, and devoid of any beauty or worth.
flogging and burning-at-the-stake in the afternoon and going to Mass in the evening.
Every other word out of your mouth screams this sentiment. In your beliefs you have become the corruption you rail against.
Posted by phidipides at May 18, 2006 01:02 PMBTW scout:
I realize I owe you a diet pepsi on Rove and his indictment. Rather than try and pay that debt directly, I'm sending a donation in your name to the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Celebration Committee. I hope the funds will help support their celebration in June.
Where are the loads of Christians critiquing the harebrained, Jonestown "Rapture" cult? Where are the loads of Christians who vote for exhausting absolutely every diplomatic avenue before going to war? Where are the loads of Christians in favor of a radical reexamination of the meaning and history of diplomacy in the light of "Blessed are the Peacemakers"?
Posted by jondee at May 18, 2006 01:31 PM