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patphil

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9. I've never been in combat, but I've seen guys who have been.

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2019, 10:49 AM

Oct 2019

It's easy to glorify war, and look for a reason to take up arms.
But, the reality is far removed from the fantasy.
War truly is hell.
And a civil war is a special kind of hell...nothing civil about it at all.
No good can come from it as far as the nation is concerned.

However, Putin would be dancing with glee.

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You really wanna start shit? [View all] Soph0571 Oct 2019 OP

Hmmm I hear what he's saying but.... I think it's better to just laugh at them. SlogginThroughIt Oct 2019 #1

*obligatory Green Shirt guy gif here joost5 Oct 2019 #15

+1000000000000000000000 Initech Oct 2019 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2019 #2

And it is a good thing, too. Newest Reality Oct 2019 #3

+1. yonder Oct 2019 #13

THIS Lock him up. Oct 2019 #16

Thanks! Newest Reality Oct 2019 #17

You are spot on and Dyedinthewoolliberal Oct 2019 #20

Yeah! Newest Reality Oct 2019 #21

Well said. flying_wahini Oct 2019 #22

Thank you! Newest Reality Oct 2019 #24

What I'd REALLY like to see gelsdorf Oct 2019 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2019 #7

I'll gladly serve as loader or driver. Aristus Oct 2019 #8

Yeah, Franco lost... Act_of_Reparation Oct 2019 #5

thank you. I don;t like some of the stuff starting to appear here.. like M1A tanks! pangaia Oct 2019 #14

How about Castro? ... aggiesal Oct 2019 #18

The Romanovs held power for 500 years or thereabouts. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2019 #25

The one thing the Civ-War wannabees always forget and every cop never forgets... NeoGreen Oct 2019 #6

Exactly, that also includes the secession advocates. gordianot Oct 2019 #10

I've never been in combat, but I've seen guys who have been. patphil Oct 2019 #9

Truth. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2019 #11

The Confederates lost the War, but Jim Crow terrorists won the "peace". Marcuse Oct 2019 #12

I feel we weren't hard enough on the south after the war 47of74 Oct 2019 #19

The Compromise of 1877: The Betrayal of Black Lincoln Republicans Marcuse Oct 2019 #26

Actually they do and I fear that this is what they will perceive as their time. jimlup Oct 2019 #27