US Invasion Of Iraq Explained In A Single Picture

[Jcrowley]

[seemslikeadream]

1. That's the cross of changes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R9ulGK5nU8&eurl=

Silent Warrior


Long ago, for many years
White men came in the name of god
They took their land, they took their lives
A new age has just begun

They lost their gods, they lost their smile
They cried for help for the last time.
Liberty was turning into chains
But all the white men said
That's the cross of changes

In the name of God - the fight for gold
These were the changes.
Tell me - is it right - in the name of god
These kind of changes ?

They tried to fight for liberty
Without a chance in hell, they gave up.
White men won in the name of god
With the cross as alibi

There's no God who ever tried
To change the world in this way.
For the ones who abuse his name
Therell be no chance to escape
On judgement day

In the name of God - the fight for gold
These were the changes.
Tell me - is it right - in the name of god
These kind of changes ?

Tell me why, tell me why, tell why
The white men said:
That's the cross of changes ?

Tell me why, tell me why, tell why,
In the name of god
These kind of changes

[Wcross]

2. That isn't cool.

As a former Marine I find that offensive. As a matter of fact, what gives you the right to deface a historic photograph showing one of our victories in the Pacific during world war two? You seem to think that photograph came cheap.

Of the over 22,000 Japanese soldiers, 20,703 died, and 216 were captured. The Allied forces suffered 25,281 casualties, with 5,598 deaths. This was the only large engagement of WWII in which the Allied forces suffered more casualties (dead plus injured) than their Japanese opponents.
Over a quarter of the Medals of Honor awarded to Marines in World War II were given for conduct in the invasion of Iwo Jima. The Marines, both active duty and reservists, were commended with 22 Medals of Honor.

[Big Pappa]

3. Thank you

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[frogcycle]

4. roger that

semper fi

[seemslikeadream]

5. I'm sorry but THIS is not cool either

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=11&f=/c/a/2006/03/29/MNSOLDIERS29.DTL





War without end / The Army gave Sgts. Michael Buyas and Brent Bretz direction and self-respect. After they were wounded, they fought a second war to rebuild their broken bodies and reconnect with their families
There's no whining at Walter Reed, the wounded soldiers say: There's always somebody worse off than you. Sgt. Jay Fondren (left) lost both his legs a month before Michael (right) and had been in rehab for almost a year by the time Michael returned from a home leave last summer. Wearing shoes backward on amputated stumps is an early balancing exercise. Chronicle photo by Deanne Fitzmaurice

[Wcross]

6. The men in the flag raising photograph are long dead.

Yes, the photo you provided would be more appropriate to the current situation. Mocking men that fought many years ago in another war during different times is inappropriate.

[Jcrowley]

7. From A Two-Time Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient USMC [Retired]

WAR IS A RACKET

by Two-Time Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient:

Major General Smedley D. Butler, USMC

Chapter One

WAR IS A RACKET

WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.

A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small "inside" group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes.

<snip>

For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did I fully realize it. Now that I see the international war clouds gathering, as they are today, I must face it and speak out.

<snip>

Yes, they are getting ready for another war. Why shouldn't they? It pays high dividends.


The World War, rather our brief participation in it, has cost the United States some $52,000,000,000. Figure it out. That means $400 to every American man, woman, and child. And we haven't paid the debt yet. We are paying it, our children will pay it, and our children's children probably still will be paying the cost of that war.

<snip>

http://www.lexrex.com/enlightened/articles/warisaracket.htm

And yes I know which "World War" we are dealing with that "war to end all wars" until the next war...which is now:

[piedmont]

8. False dichotomy. Cheapening one soldier's service does not equal saving another one from war. nt