Posted on 03/06/2002 3:56:35 AM PST by paul in cape
It seems to me that the soldier who fell out of the copter was captured by the enemy was then a Prisoner Of War. Therefore, he was not killed in combat, but executed as a prisoner. I've checked the newswires, and have yet to see the press release from Ramsey Clark about the mistreatment of prisoners.
Some are not just theoretical liberals on here, some have pulled the trigger before.
Yes, I would pull on those guys, all 200 plus, then I'd sleep soundly looling at my 5 yr old son.
What war? We have not declared war. We are hunting terorists until further notice. Kinda like world cops. While I believe we should be over there kicking some butt, I also believe we should be doing it under a declaration of war. Until then, that soldier is not a POW, but a Peace Officer in custody of our enemy.
Although I see your point, Wars are actually obsolete and there have been many conflicts that are wars that just h avent been called Wars.
Despite seeing your point, I think it's insulting to the guys over there fighting.
I was just responding to you hypothetical question re pulling the trigger.
Wars are not obsolete. They have a direct and distinct purpose. I think the military is being sold short and not being given the full support they deserve. Under war, the US would dominate A'stan, make it friendly, then return it back to itself as a sovereign nation. Under the terms we have now, the soldiers are expected to fit a political mold of fighting. A wide mold for now, but a politically driven one. Viet Nam, anyone? I want the military to be told "Go get 'em". Not "Go get 'em, and clear everything with us, and, oh yeah, we'll be sending you our list of priorities." Under war, captured men are POWs. No war, they can be anything the enemy desires, including "terrorists", as the NVA would call us. War means the military has command of their actions. No war means the politicians retain full control, even if they give the military some slack. There are more things to war. Maybe after Korea, this country has forgotten what war means. "Do it if it feels good!"
The last declared war was WWII
Of course it's just my opinion, but wars certainly are obsolete as measured by conflicts and deaths and the lack of declared wars. Which is a pretty fair assessment.
I am the daughter of a WW11 Navy officer, the wife of a Navy officer, Vietnam, and the mother that happens to have a son in the Air Force now, his where-abouts is unknown to us at the moment, I want you to back-off. Talk all you want but lay off me.
But you can put this in the bank and draw interest, I hate Daschle, he is a "Troll" a coward, an armchair dictator that cares squat for the American people. If he were any kind of man he would take his "concerns" to the president and stop running to the Boob Tubes, his face makes us sick. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
If I were young enough, I'd say, put a gun in my hand, point me in the right direction, with a little PMS to hype me up, I'd kill me some al-Qaeda and Taliban, for my son.
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