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The Rural War
NY Times ^
| July 20, 2005
| ROBERT CUSHING and BILL BISHOP
Posted on 07/20/2005 1:08:09 PM PDT by neverdem
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May God have mercy and bless them all.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:08:16 PM PDT
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
It could be that urban soldiers tend to have more street smarts, and in a war that is being fought in the streets that is a material advantage to survival.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:10:34 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Abortion kills liberals)
To: neverdem
The city dwellers are a mostly mix of cowardly wimps and semi-civilized thugs.
Neither are willing or able to step up and do the job of defending America.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:11:20 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: neverdem
I'm sure the New York Times really gives a damn that rural people are dying.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:12:22 PM PDT
by
AzaleaCity5691
(The enemy lies in the heart of Gadsden)
To: neverdem
They are recycling this stuff again.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:13:04 PM PDT
by
Bahbah
(Something wicked this way comes)
To: neverdem
Could it be that rural counties are more conservative and patriotic?
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:14:33 PM PDT
by
Between the Lines
(Be careful how you live your life, it may be the only gospel anyone reads.)
To: Bahbah
Probably a similar story ran during the Vietnam War, knowing the Times.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:16:22 PM PDT
by
Sybeck1
(chance is the “magic wand to make not only rabbits but entire universes appear out of nothing.”)
To: neverdem
This is above all an economics story.I don't suppose they are seeking to balance things out by sending money out from NYC to sparsely populated counties, are they?
I hope the graph for total active duty personnel looks roughly the same as the death rate graph or they've drawn the wrong conclusion.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:16:28 PM PDT
by
siunevada
To: Between the Lines
"Could it be that rural counties are more conservative and patriotic?"
Tell him what he wins, Johnny!
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:16:58 PM PDT
by
L98Fiero
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To: thoughtomator
It could be that urban soldiers tend to have more street smarts, and in a war that is being fought in the streets that is a material advantage to survival. Utter nonsense. Read the Art of War by Machiavelli. The best soldiers come from the countryside. The worst from the city. When I was drafted, I met a hick from the hills of Kentucky. He wore coke bottle glasses which made him look helpless as any other four-eyed wimp I met growing up in the city. At the rifle range, I watch him constantly hit 300 meter targets. It turns out that hillbillies know how to shoot, hunt, and survive.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:18:38 PM PDT
by
LoneRangerMassachusetts
(Some say what's good for others, the others make the goods; it's the meddlers against the peddlers)
To: ChenangoShooter.308
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:18:46 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: BenLurkin
Granted it's not like you are talking to a New Yorker or anything, but I am a city dweller and so I do take offense to the comment you have made above.
Now, as for this whole issue of rural v urban
It's a NYT smokescreen to try and raise a sort of rural populism to their cause that the left assembled from 1880-1950
It ain't gonnna happen this time around though, so their efforts are being wasted.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:18:48 PM PDT
by
AzaleaCity5691
(The enemy lies in the heart of Gadsden)
To: neverdem
This is nothing more than the usual bull@#%* way of trying to drive a wedge by using class warfare. This time it's thinnly disguised. Rural soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines have allways been the majority as long as I've been on active duty. So what?!!! Who cares?!!! That is just the way it is. We have an all volunteer force, these just happen to be the people that chose to volunteer and serve their country, and 99.9% of them do it honorably!!! The NY Times needs to STFU and fix itself!!
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:19:19 PM PDT
by
sean327
(All men are created equal, then some become Marines!)
To: ChenangoShooter.308
I'd say your answer is most probably correct.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:19:50 PM PDT
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear tipped ICBMs: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol.)
To: AzaleaCity5691
Do they have cities in Alabama?
JUST KIDDING!!!
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:19:58 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: ChenangoShooter.308
Actually, rural recruits will tend to gravitate towards the army, for whatever reason, where recruits from more populated areas will gravitate towards the other branches.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:21:25 PM PDT
by
AzaleaCity5691
(The enemy lies in the heart of Gadsden)
To: BenLurkin
You forgot the ones with criminal records.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:21:44 PM PDT
by
dts32041
( Dear Senator Durbin, I am not an Illinois Nazi. (US ARMY RET))
To: sean327
Rural soldiers=White Boys that join the infantry to fight.
Urban soldiers=Minority kids that join the military to get out of the inner city hell hole.
Also, how many inner city utes are eligible for service with criminal records?
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:22:07 PM PDT
by
IGOTMINE
(Front Sight. Press. Follow Through. It's a way of life.)
To: neverdem
When the Iraq war memorials go up in years to come, these monuments to heroism and sacrifice will be found less often in thriving urban centers than in lagging rural communities. While the author feigns concern for rural communities, this statement shows his bias for urban areas.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:24:59 PM PDT
by
Between the Lines
(Be careful how you live your life, it may be the only gospel anyone reads.)
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