Re: The lonely American

On Jun 29, 2:17 am, Li RM <L...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:38:07 -0400, "Bob Brock" <bbr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

http://www.inteldaily.com/?c=173&a=2435

Each day I watch the TV news images of American soldiers on the streets of
Baghdad and wonder if the same images are shown in the United States. If
they are shown, I wonder why the people do not rise up in revolt. Each day I
feel a deep sympathy for the infinite loneliness of the American soldier in
Iraq.
The soldier in dust-colored camouflage uniform and helmet, his bullet-proof
vest (not really bullet- proof and certainly not bomb-proof, as I see each
day: five of them died yesterday in Baghdad alone), brandishing his
automatic weapon, standing alone at a Baghdad checkpoint, an empty look on
his face (though he is terrified and wonders how he got into this chaos),

And soldiers in "correct" wars are not terrified?

surrounded by a world he does not understand, by people speaking a language
he does not understand, in the middle of a war he does not understand, this
bewildered American seems to be the loneliest man in the world.

Because I am an American, I watch this soldier sadly. I think that there
stands the emblem of America's isolation in the world. And I think also that
something is dreadfully wrong in a country that still has a supply of
volunteers to go to the deserts to kill strangers with super weapons and
drop firebombs on cities from invisible planes in the stratosphere . . . and
with a 10 percent chance of being killed themselves for the worst possible
reasons.

Awww. Sniff.

This got me all weepy like.

I'm reaching for the tissues...

My guess is that most US soldiers would puke on you after reading your
comments.

My guess is that these poor soldiers who you think don't understand
war would probably tell you to shove your solution up your ass.

My guess is that these soldiers would simply like to fight this war
with no bull*** heard from the fucking liberal left.

My guess is these soldiers would like the ability to shell an entire
fucking city block to rubble if they are fired upon from it.

My guess is these soldiers think we should actually win the goddamn
war and kill the enemy or destroy his will to fight before we start
doing anything else.

My guess is these soldiers think those who support the soldiers yet
oppose the mission are ignorant fucking imbeciles.

My guess is the pity you feel for the American soldier is best felt
(along with disgust) for you and those like you who think that America
is always wrong.

Pretty much right on target.

*** you and your pathetic deprecation of America and our soldiers.

Those lonely Americans are defending Bob's right to be as stupid in
print as he likes.

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