No, because you suggest I end my own life for disagreeing with you on the bravery/cowardice required to commit a suicide attack. You want to introduce "not hurting anyone else" into the definition of bravery, that's up to you. Go and speak to Merriam-Webster about it. While you're at it, perhaps ask them to include "disagrees with rs7 on political topics" into their definition of "close minded". Have a nice day.
Coalition divided over battle for hearts and minds British military critical of US troops' heavy-handed style with civilians. Cracks are appearing between British and American commanders which have serious implications for their future operations in Iraq. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,926957,00.html US troops accused of excess force Correspondents in Iraq have come upon a number of incidents in which the US military, especially the marines, have appeared to act with excessive force. http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,926934,00.html
In a time of War what exactly is excessive force??. Making decisions that may or may not affect the rest of your life in a split second is not excessive force ( the only way to assure yourself life is to shoot first and ask questions later, not excessive force just a causality of war unfortunately, as much as I hate to say that). Where are your articles from the stories of iraqi soldiers using humans as shields, surely that is far worse than say someone making a split decision....
Okay, just one last post: My father was a brave, honest US soldier and he shares my opinion, I have a lot of relatives and friends in the US and most of them (not all though) share my opion too. I travel at least two times a year to the US and visit them, because I love this country and I like to be surrounded by intelligent, open minded, honest, free and brave anglo-saxon people. So you see they are a bit different from you. Thats why I sit here in Europe in front of my PC, laughing about you.
Please "ponder" to the extent that you decide not to immigrate to my country. Have the self respect to stay in Europe where your conscience will at least be in line with your choice of residence.
Another example of msfe's ignorance. This war has arguably been one of the "cleanest" ever fought by the US & Britain, with the troops doing all they can to prevent civilian deaths to the point where our snipers can't even shoot at Iraqi troops in their gunsights if they're near civilians. If the intent was to inflict casualties on civilians we would be carpet bombing entire cities indiscriminately instead of selecting targets. Excessive force used against the Iraqi military machine is what has us 50 miles from Baghdad. "Correspondents"? ROFL! Lefty anti-war journalists are going to use any case of civilian casualties they can to get their own names in print. Morbidly, the worst nightmare for a leftist journalist on the ground is the lack of civilian casualties to report.
msfe is unable to access any files of negative feelings he may have against the blood-soaked regime of Iraq. His internal firewall only allows hatred of Bush and the US to filter through.
I have not read through this whole thread. Has anybody mentioned that Muslims believe that burial in contact with a pig bars them entry into paradise? The whole 'pigskin funeral wrap' idea has been long debated in Israel.