Soldiers die in war

[shaunbhoy]

even your dad wanted to get rid of you.

Getting perilously close to the root cause of all your angst methinks!!
Did your daddy ever accuse you of not being one of his when you chickened out of joining up then?
Awww bless!!

[russell]

Very few of us do. The difference is that we understand the consequences and accept the responsibilities of not going to war. I presume that you would have been quite happy following Hitlers' regime had Churchill followed you and not declared war on germany.

Yes because the war in Afghanistan is so similar to WWII.

[Zoiderman]

Very few of us do. The difference is that we understand the consequences and accept the responsibilities of not going to war. I presume that you would have been quite happy following Hitlers' regime had Churchill followed you and not declared war on germany.

I believe I wasn't living in that parallel universe.

[SimonMac]

How are they missold the risk? "Hey, look, I know you know there are some wars on, and that quite a large percentage of your young squaddies come home dead, but its not true, honestly, we'll train you in IT eventually and you'll all end up in IT in 12 years, honest, and no one is going to shag your girlfriends/wives while you are away, oh, and as you will have noticed, if you get really ill, or really badly injured, we'll look after you then too...".

You know my thoughts on the intellectual capacity of folk who decide joining the army as squaddies is a good thing, knowing exactly what happens to them. This isn' a wind up, a trolling session, or owt else, it is precisely what I believe. There's no way on any ones planet, that I would sign up to something, which I knew gave a large percentage chance of ending up in the graveyard before my parents. If I understand the risks, I am sure most others do too.

I don't believe in war, I don't agree to it, and I abhor what soldiers do. I didn't sign up for the war, so there is no way I should support it, or who takes part in it.

What about taking pride in one's nation, what about knowing that for all the bad out there in the world you are one of the few that knows the risk but still signs up to say yes I want to help, I want to protect those who cannot protect them selves. By no means disagree to the war, shout at the politicians who for what ever reason gave them the order to invade, but that doesn't mean you cannot stand by the soldier, the sailor and the aircrew and grieve for them when they die.

[Zoiderman]

Getting perilously close to the root cause of all your angst methinks!!
Did your daddy ever accuse you of not being one of his when you chickened out of joining up then?
Awww bless!!

And again; I love the way you provide all the proof needed that you don't have that many branches in your family tree. I just sit back and watch with my feet up, giggling at your own stupidity.

[DodgyAgent]

I believe I wasn't living in that parallel universe.

You would have been if it was'nt for others making the difficult decisions and giving up their lives.

[DodgyAgent]

It was Chamberlain, old chap.



British Declaration Of War - Radio Broadcast - 3 Sept 1939 - YouTube

Neville, rather than Richard, but there you go.

I knew it was a bloke beginning with Ch

[MarillionFan]

I knew it was a bloke beginning with Ch

Ch*. Typical agent CV wildcard search.

[DodgyAgent]

Yes because the war in Afghanistan is so similar to WWII.

Our friend is stating a position on all wars. Incidentally why is Afghanistan any different from WW2? It was decided by a democratically elected government that we should go to war in Afghanistan just as WW2 was.

[Zoiderman]

What about taking pride in one's nation, what about knowing that for all the bad out there in the world you are one of the few that knows the risk but still signs up to say yes I want to help, I want to protect those who cannot protect them selves. By no means disagree to the war, shout at the politicians who for what ever reason gave them the order to invade, but that doesn't mean you cannot stand by the soldier, the sailor and the aircrew and grieve for them when they die.

I grieve the innocents these people kill and disrespect, I grieve the squaddies ability to quickly stampede over peoples human rights. Let's be honest, some squaddies get given way too much power and it goes to their heads, hence people mysteriously dying in 'prisons', the disrespect shown to their religions and cultures.

Shannyboy may like having more cocks in him than a chicken farm, not me though. I don't respect them, and don't see a need to.