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2006-06-05 Iraq

What's Lost in the Hue and Cry Over Haditha

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Posted by Bobby 2006-06-05 14:10|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I am going to horribly over-generalize here; please forgive.
The 'elite' young people (children of wealth and power) do not serve in the military. Subconciously they feel guilty about it (as about everything else - the side effect of not EARNING self-esteem is lack of true self-esteem). In order to reationalize away that guilt they condemn the military and all its concerns as wrong, unworthy, evil, etc., and work to 'prove' they are right. Pretty much the same thing goes on in Western Europe as well.
One other major factor in this situation is the small family size - the smallest families belong to the elitest elites. With all the eggs in one or two baskets the parents are forced to be very protective and focussed on those few offspring, who then naturally become very focussed on themselves. Another unnatural situation, more guilt, more rationalization.
Goodbye western civilization, hello Islam.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-06-05 19:31|| 2006-06-05 19:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Sorry, Glenmore, but your belief that the children of the wealthy or elite do not serve is a fallacy or misnomer. Many do serve, and serfve well or nobly, but in my experience serve often without revealing their family backgrounds. And even for those that do overtly reveal their family backgrounds, their fellow soldiers do not care or are not concerned about it. What matters is their ability and performance as a soldier, not daddy's or grandad's trust fund(s) in his or her name. And, truth be told, in all Western and world military history, it is the "high-born" andor well-educated veteran, officer or enlisted class, that are often in the forefront or the catalyst for societal or national reform, political-economic change, or tech(s) innovation. One of the tragic things about the French Revolution is how many pro-Reform, Pro-Parlimentarian/Proletariat, neutralist or anti-Monarchy noblepersons were wilfully beheaded by the revolutionaries and Jacobins just for being what they are, NOT BECUZ THEY COMMITTED ANY CRIMES.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-06-05 22:14|| 2006-06-05 22:14|| Front Page Top

#3 People forget that War is Hell alot of bad things come with war, as I was saying in earlier post the longer this war goes the more brutal it will get.

Posted by djohn66 2006-06-05 22:59|| 2006-06-05 22:59|| Front Page Top

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