Posted on 01/04/2002 9:07:52 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
First MILITARY Personnel Killed by
Hostile Fire in Afghanistan
That is all they really said. More to follow per FOX News Anchor. . .
"Rude":
1. ill-mannered: disagreeable or discourteous in manner or action Don't be rude!
2. indecent: offensive to accepted standards of decency rude words
3. unrefined: lacking refinement or social skills
I think #1 & #3 apply??
But you are correct in that you stopped at TWO! Too bad that Redcloak didn't have such good sense! :o)
Encarta Dictionary: "Rude"
http://dictionary.msn.com/find/entry.asp?search=rude
The Media is obviously quite unconcerned for their safety. You'll have to pardon me, but I'm going to ignore your request. I shall continue to be concerned that they are in greater danger because the Media is making America look like it can't bear the cost of war.
Death in war is not a news item.
Your post are getting more senseless. In which War were war deaths not reported??? Please cease your senseless rant. Thanks.
Please, seek help - quick!
Only 4 people repeated to me that Mike Spann was CIA not Military and I already knew that and pointed out in my comment a different angle.
If you made a statement that more than 4 other people didn't understand and 4 of them replied back to you with the same comment, I would expect you to give a DOH or at least point out something kinder like "what the hecks the matter with you? Can't you read the thread you ignorant slut? You are the 4th person to tell me the same thing. Learn to read and then reply"
Maybe something like that would be better recieved than "DOH".
Let me know which would be more appropriate, I will attempt to comply.
I don't agree in the least with your conclusion but if that is the problem you should take your rant to those news sites or at least another thread. Not on a thread established to pay respect to our dead.
Perhaps I haven't made myself clear:
You are. As you said yourself you don't care at all about the sensitivities of anyone on this thread. That was clear to all of us before you said it.
The terrorists are going to attack us again whether we look weak or not. If they guage their chances by watching television news they will always be wrong. I don't think they think that much. You give them too much credit and us too little. Today I'll shed tears for a lost brother, tomorrow I will bare my teeth.
FReegards, Redcloak.
People can get hysterical.
Sad for the deaths, but it is to be expected.
Once upon a time, there was a man who had three sons, two daughters, one wife, a humble home and a camel. Then one day, he came across a wild turkey in the desert.
Happily he brought the turkey home, as he viewed as a good omen from Allah. He fed the turkey well, and kept it well tended as it would have been sacriligeous to treat Allah's bounty with anything less then respect.
However, one day he came home to find that someone had stolen his turkey. He cried out to his sons: "Go and find the turkey quickly, or else all is lost!"
His sons laughed at him, however, saying that "Who cares if we lose a turkey? What good are they?". And so they went about their chores, ignoring their father's request.
Within a week, however, someone had stolen the family's camel, attacked one of the sons, and raped one of the daughters.
The sons came to their father, and said:"Oh father, please help us! What should we do?". To which the old man replied "What you should have done is listened when I told you to find who stole the turkey."
"Because once our neighbours saw that someone could steal a turkey from us, they knew that they could take everything from us. "
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So if you think that showing sorrow over the death of American solders is wrong, that showing weakness of any kind whatsoever is wrong, please keep in mind that this is also the way many of the Arabs think as well.
And we all know that their way of thinking is completely wrong, don't we? ;)
Red is viewing this in light of how Islamics think
You are correct. This is why I later quoted Sun Tzu. By no means am I saying that the Islamic worldview is correct; but, that is the worldview of our enemy. If we refuse to acknowledge that, we do so at our peril.
Now I think I get it. You've got your undies in a bunch because you were told about the CIA/Military difference 3 or 4 times?!
Newsflash!!! *I* wasn't the one that said it 3 or 4 times, hon. I said it ONCE to you. Do you understand that?
Shame on you for allowing your pride to get in the way of posting decently. Your posts to me were rude and in complete contradiction to your bio. You owe me an apology.
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