i should first say that i respect you william.
"True about taking it to them. The only concern in this quarter is are we taking it to them or are we just taking it to somebody. I guess what my main concern is who are we talking about. there are certainly many countries involved in this terrorism thing but I think we are talking about the terrorist."
when i say take it to them, i mean "them" as in anyone that would aid or assist those that would do us harm(and of course those that would do us harm). and just so we are clear, taking it to saddam (for many reasons) was a great idea. whip the hell out of someone who has shown himself to be a threat, and has threatened us without reservation just to show the rest of the world what WILL happen when they dont behave. the only question the world should have is " who is next?" answer: whoever threatens us.
"Why do you apply this to all concerning the idea "they" are not happy unless they are killing. There are certain elements who adhere to a far right view but certainly not "all". " - we all know that the extremists wont quit for nothing. fyi, i am refering to the extremists and ANYONE who helps them(kill them).
"Concerning Viet Nam. Well if this is correct, consider the year, it was before the end of the cold war, we would have eventually have had to fight and conquer China and the USSR. I think we would have been viewed as the invaders and lost much world support. Please note and extend to them the same idea of fighting nice. " - you cant say that for sure, NO ONE could know how things might have played out for certain. but for the buearacrats to send our boys out to fight and not back them 1000% with the full force and capability we have is unforgivable. and i dont care about making the rest of the world "like" us, because they never will no matter what we do (except maybe perish).
"Of course it will happen again, if not from this particular group from some other extremist-remember Ok. City. We have moved ourselves from a nation to a world protectorate and buy default have opened ourselves to become the enemy, the head of the snake which needs to be crushed. " - so by that line of thought, we should sit back and take it because that is the price of doing business? bull$%^. i dont believe for a second you could mean that.
" I don't believe you mean that, I am thinking you are reacting to those which disagree with you. It took a lot of guts to stand up and say enough is enough in Viet Nam and take a stand. I cannot believe that an opposing stand means someone is afraid or gutless. " i think there is a right way and a wrong way to go about things. running to foriegn countries to avoid any kind of service is wrong. going to war and then coming back and stabbing your "band of brothers" in the back in front of congress is wrong. going into a unit which probably wont get deployed to the front line is STILL an apropriate HONORABLE way to serve your country without selling it out. there are so many ways one can serve our country and not all of them involve front line combat. and fyi, everyone i know who dodged the draft was and still is a gutless coward. try to dress it anyway they want, it still doesnt change that.